The most popular
all-time writers in the UK

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  1. 79%

    Roald Dahl

    Writer

    The 6th most popular and the 103rd most famous all-time person

  2. 71%

    Charles Dickens

    Writer

    The 32nd most popular and the 148th most famous all-time person

  3. 70%

    Beatrix Potter

    Writer

    The 40th most popular and the 273rd most famous all-time person

  4. 69%

    J. K. Rowling

    Writer

    The most popular and the most famous contemporary fiction writer

  5. 66%

    Enid Blyton

    Writer

    The 74th most popular and the 340th most famous all-time person

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  7. 65%

    William Shakespeare

    Writer

    The most popular and the most famous poet

  8. 64%

    Agatha Christie

    Writer

    The 105th most popular and the 212th most famous all-time person

  9. 64%

    Stephen King

    Writer

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

  10. 60%

    J. R. R. Tolkien

    Writer

    The 159th most popular and the 451st most famous all-time person

  11. 59%

    Jane Austen

    Writer

    The 177th most popular and the 224th most famous all-time person