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Roald Dahl

1916 - 1990

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Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". Dahl was born in Wales to affluent Norwegian immigrant parents, and lived for most of his life in England. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roald Dahl is the 352nd most popular writer (down from 197th in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 138th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Writer.

Roald Dahl is most famous for his children's books, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, Matilda, and James and the Giant Peach.

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Among writers, Roald Dahl ranks 352 out of 7,302. Before him are Amos Oz, Eyvind Johnson, Paul Valéry, Simonides of Ceos, Marguerite Duras, and Peter Drucker. After him are Luqman, Giorgos Seferis, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, O. Henry, John Keats, and Jane Hawking.

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Among people born in 1916, Roald Dahl ranks 14. Before him are Aldo Moro, Gough Whitlam, Elena Ceaușescu, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, and Francis Crick. After him are Ahmed Ben Bella, João Havelange, Olivia de Havilland, Yehudi Menuhin, Jean Dausset, and Christian B. Anfinsen. Among people deceased in 1990, Roald Dahl ranks 13. Before him are Alberto Moravia, Leonard Bernstein, Yun Posun, Ava Gardner, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, and B. F. Skinner. After him are Pavel Cherenkov, Sarah Vaughan, Sergei Parajanov, Norbert Elias, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, and Ronald Evans.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roald Dahl ranks 334 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Eden (1897), Edmund Ironside (993), James Connolly (1868), Jeremy Irons (1948), Claude Auchinleck (1884), and John Herschel (1792). After him are Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Benjamin Disraeli (1804), John Keats (1795), Bede (672), and John Davis (1550).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Roald Dahl ranks 32. Before him are C. S. Lewis (1898), J. K. Rowling (1965), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), Arthur C. Clarke (1917), Anne Brontë (1820), and William Golding (1911). After him are John Keats (1795), Jane Hawking (1944), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792), Christopher Marlowe (1564), William Wordsworth (1770), and Graham Greene (1904).

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