The most popular
all-time writers in the UK

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  1. 78%

    Roald Dahl

    Writer

    The 8th most popular and the 135th most famous all-time person

  2. 72%

    Charles Dickens

    Writer

    The 29th most popular and the 78th most famous all-time person

  3. 69%

    J. K. Rowling

    Writer

    The most popular and the most famous contemporary fiction writer

  4. 69%

    Enid Blyton

    Writer

    The 50th most popular and the 341st most famous all-time person

  5. 68%

    Beatrix Potter

    Writer

    The 51st most popular and the 249th most famous all-time person

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  7. 65%

    William Shakespeare

    Writer

    The most popular and the most famous poet

  8. 65%

    Agatha Christie

    Writer

    The 95th most popular and the 226th most famous all-time person

  9. 64%

    Stephen King

    Writer

    The 2nd most popular and the 2nd most famous contemporary fiction writer

  10. 60%

    Ian Fleming

    Writer

    The 160th most popular and the 537th most famous all-time person

  11. 59%

    J. R. R. Tolkien

    Writer

    The 168th most popular and the 484th most famous all-time person