The most popular
all-time writers in the UK

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  1. 77%

    Roald Dahl

    Writer
    The 11th most popular and the 144th most famous all-time person
  2. 73%

    Charles Dickens

    Writer
    The 27th most popular and the 117th most famous all-time person
  3. 68%

    Beatrix Potter

    Writer
    The 57th most popular and the 307th most famous all-time person
  4. 67%

    Agatha Christie

    Writer
    The 62nd most popular and the 168th most famous all-time person
  5. 67%

    J. K. Rowling

    Writer
    The most popular and the most famous contemporary fiction writer
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  7. 67%

    Charles Darwin

    Writer
    The 6th most popular and the 6th most famous all-time writer
  8. 66%

    Anne Frank

    Writer
    The 7th most popular and the 9th most famous all-time writer
  9. 65%

    William Shakespeare

    Writer
    The most popular and the most famous poet
  10. 64%

    Enid Blyton

    Writer
    The 106th most popular and the 390th most famous all-time person
  11. 63%

    Stephen King

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