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Paul Johnson

1928 - 2023

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Paul Bede Johnson (2 November 1928 – 12 January 2023) was a British journalist, popular historian, speechwriter and author. Although associated with the political left in his early career, he became a popular conservative historian. Johnson was educated at the Jesuit independent school Stonyhurst College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied history. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a journalist writing for and later editing the New Statesman magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Johnson is the 3,848th most popular writer (down from 3,239th in 2019), the 3,033rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,349th in 2019) and the 346th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Paul Johnson ranks 3,848 out of 7,302. Before him are Delia Owens, Panyassis, Gabrielle Wittkop, Dominique Fernandez, Borisav Stanković, and Al-Nabigha. After him are Sunthorn Phu, Wang Changling, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Mykola Bazhan, Txillardegi, and Lev Nussimbaum.

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Among people born in 1928, Paul Johnson ranks 315. Before him are Qian Qichen, Allen Stack, Dick Miller, Morihiro Saito, Peter Carsten, and Ann Morgan Guilbert. After him are Marion Ross, Robert Dienst, Raoul Servais, Jim Rathmann, Umberto Maglioli, and Charles Gray. Among people deceased in 2023, Paul Johnson ranks 266. Before him are Elisabeth Kopp, Tatjana Patitz, Pat McCormick, Klaus Teuber, Renate Boy, and Reino Börjesson. After him are Johan Leysen, Raoul Servais, Angel Wagenstein, John Zizioulas, Christian Atsu, and Terry Venables.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Johnson ranks 3,034 out of 8,785. Before him are Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841), Hilary Mantel (1952), Würzel (1949), Rosamund Clifford (1150), Jamie Carragher (1978), and Ralph H. Fowler (1889). After him are Margaret of England (1240), Daniel Oliver (1830), Clare Torry (1947), Howard Webb (1971), Pete Burns (1959), and Alexander Gordon Laing (1794).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Paul Johnson ranks 346. Before him are Peter Cheyney (1896), John Ford (1586), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), Peter Mayle (1939), Nancy Mitford (1904), and Hilary Mantel (1952). After him are Graham Hancock (1950), Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Richard Hammond (1969), Andrew Marvell (1621), Israel Zangwill (1864), and Christiane Amanpour (1958).

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