WRITER
Tom Rob Smith
1979 - Today
Tom Rob Smith
Tom Rob Smith (born February 19, 1979) is an English author, screenwriter and producer. He is best known as the author of Child 44, a novel about the investigation of child murders during the Soviet Union. The book was adapted into a film of the same name, and Smith has written two sequels: The Secret Speech and Agent 6. His first standalone novel, The Farm, was published in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Tom Rob Smith is the 7,043rd most popular writer (down from 6,927th in 2024), the 6,802nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,537th in 2019) and the 729th most popular British Writer.
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1979, Tom Rob Smith ranks 591. Before him are Andrew Triggs Hodge, Felicia Day, Albert Rivera, Zoumana Camara, Giorgi Gogshelidze, and Sa Dingding. After him are Alexei Markov, Jonathan Joubert, Pollyanna McIntosh, Osleidys Menéndez, László Bodnár, and Dmitri Bulykin.
Others Born in 1979
Go to all RankingsAndrew Triggs Hodge
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 585
Felicia Day
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 586
Albert Rivera
POLITICIAN
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 587
Zoumana Camara
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 588
Giorgi Gogshelidze
WRESTLER
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 589
Sa Dingding
SINGER
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 590
Tom Rob Smith
WRITER
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 591
Alexei Markov
CYCLIST
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 592
Jonathan Joubert
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 593
Pollyanna McIntosh
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 594
Osleidys Menéndez
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 595
László Bodnár
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 596
Dmitri Bulykin
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 597
Among WRITERS In United Kingdom
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Tom Rob Smith ranks 726. Before him are Noel Streatfeild (1895), Maggie O'Farrell (1972), and Helen Dunmore (1952). After him are Sebastian Faulks (1953), Kae Tempest (1985), John Mortimer (1923), Ken MacLeod (1954), Matt Haig (1975), Simon Sinek (1973), Dennis Potter (1935), Andrea Levy (1956), and Douglas Murray (1979).
Noel Streatfeild
1895 - 1986
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 723
Maggie O'Farrell
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 724
Helen Dunmore
1952 - 2017
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 725
Tom Rob Smith
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 726
Sebastian Faulks
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 727
Kae Tempest
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 728
John Mortimer
1923 - 2009
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 729
Ken MacLeod
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 730
Matt Haig
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 731
Simon Sinek
1973 - Present
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 732
Dennis Potter
1935 - 1994
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 733
Andrea Levy
1956 - 2019
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 734
Douglas Murray
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 735

























