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Nicholas Evans

1950 - 2022

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Nicholas Benbow Evans (26 July 1950 – 9 August 2022) was a British journalist, screenwriter, television and film producer and novelist. He was best known for his 1995 debut novel, The Horse Whisperer. It has sold over fifteen million copies, and has been adapted into a film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Evans is the 5,039th most popular writer (down from 4,804th in 2019), the 3,987th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,501st in 2019) and the 429th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nicholas Evans ranks 5,039 out of 7,302Before him are Mirjam Pressler, Richard Bentley, Alexei Mateevici, Botho Strauß, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, and Atiq Rahimi. After him are Vladimir Makanin, Kalhana, George Washington Williams, Rita Mae Brown, Lin Shu, and Fatos Kongoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Nicholas Evans ranks 416Before him are Miloslava Rezková, Themba Masuku, Toshiko Fujita, Ronny Yu, Anna Jantar, and Sandra Reemer. After him are Nikica Valentić, David Johansen, Marshall Manesh, Alvaro Vitali, Gary Locke, and Ian McNeice. Among people deceased in 2022, Nicholas Evans ranks 408Before him are Omar Borrás, Kjell Espmark, Jürgen Heinsch, Jens Jørgen Hansen, Roger E. Mosley, and Oksana Shvets. After him are René de Obaldia, Jô Soares, Eduard Kukan, Arnaldo Pambianco, Manuel Esquivel, and Magomedali Magomedov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nicholas Evans ranks 3,988 out of 8,785Before him are Richard Attwood (1940), Tony Crook (1920), Edward Andrade (1887), Peter Hook (1956), Francis Hauksbee (1660), and Ralph Cudworth (1617). After him are Grantley Goulding (1874), Henry Baker (1698), Matthew Parker (1504), Godfrey Rampling (1909), Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760), and David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (1378).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Nicholas Evans ranks 429Before him are George Borrow (1803), Fay Weldon (1931), Ælfric of Eynsham (955), Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), and Richard Bentley (1662). After him are Kim Newman (1959), Margery Allingham (1904), Mary Stewart (1916), Sarah Kane (1971), Linda Grant (1951), and Alan Woods (1944).