WRITER

Pat Barker

1943 - Today

Pat Barker

Dame Patricia Mary W. Barker (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. She is known for her Regeneration Trilogy, published in the 1990s, and, more recently, a series of books set during the Trojan War, starting with The Silence of the Girls in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pat Barker is the 5,376th most popular writer (down from 4,955th in 2019), the 4,294th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,606th in 2019) and the 467th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pat Barker ranks 5,376 out of 7,302. Before her are Polydore Vergil, Jacob van Maerlant, Abdulla Shaig, Sergey Gorodetsky, Willi Apel, and Izzat Ghazzawi. After her are Vsevolod Vishnevsky, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Paddy Chayefsky, Furqat, Fang Fang, and Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Polydore Vergil
1470 - 1555
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 5,370
Jacob van Maerlant
1235 - 1300
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 5,371
Abdulla Shaig
1881 - 1959
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 5,372
Sergey Gorodetsky
1884 - 1967
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 5,373
Willi Apel
1893 - 1988
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 5,374
Izzat Ghazzawi
1951 - 2003
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 5,375
Pat Barker
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 5,376
Vsevolod Vishnevsky
1900 - 1951
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 5,377
Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir
1940 - 2010
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 5,378
Paddy Chayefsky
1923 - 1981
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 5,379
Furqat
1858 - 1909
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 5,380
Fang Fang
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 5,381
Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa
1750 - 1791
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 5,382

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Pat Barker ranks 534. Before her are Philippe Séguin, Heide Simonis, Richard Manuel, Lynn Burke, Joan Van Ark, and Toni Basil. After her are Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, John Casper, Giovanni Pettenella, Michael Stonebraker, Gennadi Sosonko, and William Chittick.

Others Born in 1943

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Philippe Séguin
POLITICIAN
1943 - 2010
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 528
Heide Simonis
POLITICIAN
1943 - 2023
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 529
Richard Manuel
MUSICIAN
1943 - 1986
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 530
Lynn Burke
SWIMMER
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 531
Joan Van Ark
ACTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 532
Toni Basil
SINGER
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 533
Pat Barker
WRITER
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 534
Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin
SOCCER PLAYER
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 535
John Casper
ASTRONAUT
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 536
Giovanni Pettenella
CYCLIST
1943 - 2010
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 537
Michael Stonebraker
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 538
Gennadi Sosonko
CHESS PLAYER
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 539
William Chittick
PHILOSOPHER
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 540

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pat Barker ranks 4,295 out of 8,785. Before her are Brian Henton (1946), Horace Lamb (1849), Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778), Saint Mungo (518), Henry Sweet (1845), and Arthur Berry (1888). After her are Paul Ince (1967), Roy Ward Baker (1916), Mark Herman (1954), Peter Wilson (1947), Sadie Frost (1965), and Charles Lapworth (1842).

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Brian Henton
RACING DRIVER
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 4,289
Horace Lamb
MATHEMATICIAN
1849 - 1934
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 4,290
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
POLITICIAN
1778 - 1868
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 4,291
Saint Mungo
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
518 - 614
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 4,292
Henry Sweet
LINGUIST
1845 - 1912
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 4,293
Arthur Berry
SOCCER PLAYER
1888 - 1953
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 4,294
Pat Barker
WRITER
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 4,295
Paul Ince
SOCCER PLAYER
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 4,296
Roy Ward Baker
FILM DIRECTOR
1916 - 2010
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 4,297
Mark Herman
FILM DIRECTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 4,298
Peter Wilson
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 4,299
Sadie Frost
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 4,300
Charles Lapworth
GEOLOGIST
1842 - 1920
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 4,301