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The most popular
all-time writers in the UK

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  1. 79%

    Roald Dahl

    Writer
    The 8th most popular and the 150th most famous all-time person
  2. 73%

    Charles Dickens

    Writer
    The 27th most popular and the 114th most famous all-time person
  3. 69%

    J. K. Rowling

    Writer
    The most popular and the most famous contemporary fiction writer
  4. 68%

    Anne Frank

    Writer
    The 4th most popular and the 3rd most famous all-time writer
  5. 68%

    Beatrix Potter

    Writer
    The 63rd most popular and the 294th most famous all-time person
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  7. 66%

    Agatha Christie

    Writer
    The 78th most popular and the 205th most famous all-time person
  8. 65%

    Enid Blyton

    Writer
    The 89th most popular and the 357th most famous all-time person
  9. 65%

    William Shakespeare

    Writer
    The most popular and the most famous poet
  10. 65%

    Charles Darwin

    Writer
    The 9th most popular and the 10th most famous all-time writer
  11. 63%

    Stephen King

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