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Noël Coward

1899 - 1973

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Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise". Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of eleven. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright, publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Noël Coward is the 2,405th most popular writer (up from 2,550th in 2019), the 2,053rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,882nd in 2019) and the 230th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Noël Coward ranks 2,405 out of 7,302. Before him are Kyōka Izumi, Vasily Aksyonov, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Akaki Tsereteli, Pascal Bruckner, and Zeki Müren. After him are Henry Louis Gates Jr., Valery Larbaud, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Karl Gutzkow, Gu Yanwu, and Abdulah Sidran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Noël Coward ranks 117. Before him are Wolf Messing, Benjamin Péret, Lovro von Matačić, Peter Wessel Zapffe, Marcel Dalio, and Udham Singh. After him are Oscar Zariski, Norman Taurog, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Café Filho, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, and Helge Ingstad. Among people deceased in 1973, Noël Coward ranks 105. Before him are Tanzan Ishibashi, Alexander Orlov, Yaakov Dori, Ramón de la Fuente Leal, Roger Williamson, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. After him are Clas Thunberg, Laurence Harvey, Mirra Alfassa, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, and Lidia Ruslanova.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Noël Coward ranks 2,053 out of 8,785. Before him are Sidney Paget (1860), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Arthur Sullivan (1842), Alan Smith (1980), Jared Harris (1961), and John Morton (1420). After him are Black (1962), Frances de la Tour (1944), John Dollond (1706), Richard Dannatt (1950), Tricky (1968), and Barbara Hepworth (1903).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Noël Coward ranks 230. Before him are Mary Astell (1666), John Fletcher (1579), Kenneth Grahame (1859), William Smith (1813), Sister Nivedita (1867), and John Marston (1576). After him are James Boswell (1740), Irvine Welsh (1957), Arnold Wesker (1932), Eric Knight (1897), Lytton Strachey (1880), and William Auld (1924).

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