Most Famous British Writers

United Kingdom has produced 702 notable writers throughout history, led by William Shakespeare. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. William Shakespeare — British Playwright (1564–1616) , ranked #8
  2. Charles Dickens — British Writer (1812–1870) , ranked #54
  3. J. R. R. Tolkien — British Writer (1892–1973) , ranked #74
  4. Agatha Christie — British Playwright (1890–1976) , ranked #81
  5. Jane Austen — British Writer (1775–1817) , ranked #121
  6. Virginia Woolf — British Novelist (1882–1941) , ranked #125
  7. George Orwell — British Novelist (1903–1950) , ranked #142
  8. Mary Shelley — British Writer (1797–1851) , ranked #253
  9. H. G. Wells — British Writer (1866–1946) , ranked #318
  10. Lewis Carroll — British Writer (1833–1898) , ranked #332
  11. C. S. Lewis — British Writer (1898–1963) , ranked #452
  12. Roald Dahl — British Novelist (1916–1990) , ranked #509
  13. Salman Rushdie — British Writer (Born 1947) , ranked #603
  14. Aleister Crowley — British Playwright (1875–1947) , ranked #742
  15. John Milton — British Writer (1608–1674) , ranked #772
  16. Samuel Johnson — British Writer (1709–1784) , ranked #886
  17. Terry Pratchett — British Writer (1948–2015) , ranked #964
  18. Mary Wollstonecraft — British Writer (1759–1797) , ranked #996
  19. Neil Gaiman — British Author (Born 1960) , ranked #1112
  20. Christopher Hitchens — British Author (1949–2011) , ranked #1158