WRITER

Tom Sharpe

1928 - 2013

Photo of Tom Sharpe

Icon of person Tom Sharpe

Thomas Ridley Sharpe (30 March 1928 – 6 June 2013) was an English satirical novelist, best known for his Wilt series, as well as Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape, all three of which were adapted for television. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Sharpe is the 2,980th most popular writer (down from 2,648th in 2019), the 2,445th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,965th in 2019) and the 270th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Tom Sharpe by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tom Sharpe ranks 2,980 out of 7,302. Before him are Salimbene di Adam, Mahasweta Devi, Marija Jurić Zagorka, Abraham Goldfaden, Robert de Nola, and Dracontius. After him are Willibald Pirckheimer, L. Sprague de Camp, Félix Fénéon, Dominique Lapierre, Crates, and Stefanie Zweig.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Tom Sharpe ranks 237. Before him are Arnfinn Bergmann, Lorna Wing, Dan Blocker, Robert Indiana, Adrian Frutiger, and Anthony Franciosa. After him are Alejandro de Tomaso, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Horace Silver, Orson Bean, Warren Oates, and Pal Benko. Among people deceased in 2013, Tom Sharpe ranks 175. Before him are Julien Ries, Georges Lautner, Bill Foulkes, Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Zao Wou-Ki, and Ronnie Biggs. After him are Heinz Flohe, Amedeo Amadei, Patti Page, Tony Musante, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, and Józef Glemp.

Others Born in 1928

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2013

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Sharpe ranks 2,445 out of 8,785. Before him are George Romney (1734), Frank Dicksee (1853), Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269), Ronnie Biggs (1929), Samantha Eggar (1939), and Ernest Payne (1884). After him are Agnes Baden-Powell (1858), Ælfgifu of Northampton (990), Allan Holdsworth (1946), Graham Nash (1942), Brian Robertson (1956), and Lesley Manville (1956).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Tom Sharpe ranks 270. Before him are Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Angela Carter (1940), Michael Bond (1926), Vera Brittain (1893), Richard Hughes (1900), and John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647). After him are John Cleland (1709), Francis Beaumont (1584), John Aubrey (1626), Siegfried Sassoon (1886), Charlotte Smith (1749), and Walter Pater (1839).

British born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous