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Patrick Leigh Fermor

1915 - 2011

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Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor (11 February 1915 – 10 June 2011) was an English writer, scholar, soldier and polyglot. He played a prominent role in the Cretan resistance during the Second World War, and was widely seen as Britain's greatest living travel writer, on the basis of books such as A Time of Gifts (1977). A BBC journalist once termed him "a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Leigh Fermor is the 3,790th most popular writer (up from 3,835th in 2019), the 2,995th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,745th in 2019) and the 342nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 3,790 out of 7,302. Before him are Kim Sowol, Jiří Dienstbier, Mikhail Isakovsky, Jules Janin, Cao Yu, and Gunter d'Alquen. After him are Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Auguste Barbier, Merab Kostava, Donald Barthelme, Peter Mayle, and Anton Delvig.

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Among people born in 1915, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 150. Before him are Edmond Leburton, John Tukey, Antonio Innocenti, Karl Leisner, Arthur Owen, and Günther Schwägermann. After him are Harry Edison, Nikos Beloyannis, Tapio Rautavaara, John Profumo, Vladimir Zeldin, and Harry Morgan. Among people deceased in 2011, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 214. Before him are Arnošt Lustig, Neil Young, George Shearing, Ricky Bruch, Jiří Dienstbier, and John Paul Getty III. After him are Juan Arza, Robert Ballaman, Alenush Terian, Justinas Marcinkevičius, Würzel, and Imre Makovecz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 2,996 out of 8,785. Before him are David C. Jewitt (1958), Ruth Wilson (1982), Dora Boothby (1881), Jack Taylor (1930), James Nasmyth (1808), and Matthew Vaughn (1971). After him are Tim McInnerny (1956), Norman McLaren (1914), Eleanor of Scotland (1433), Maryam d'Abo (1960), Ellen Terry (1847), and Samuel Clarke (1675).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 342. Before him are Georgette Heyer (1902), Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893), Anthony Hope (1863), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), Peter Cheyney (1896), and John Ford (1586). After him are Peter Mayle (1939), Nancy Mitford (1904), Hilary Mantel (1952), Paul Johnson (1928), Graham Hancock (1950), and Gertrude Jekyll (1843).

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