2007-09-06 12:49:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
1 William Shakespeare
2 Jose Rizal
3 J. Tolkien
4 J. K. Rowlings
5 Helen Steiner Rice
2007-09-06 13:01:31 · answer #1 · answered by C H R I S 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is almost impossible to answer, because style has a massive impact on how much people like the book.there are so many great authors it really is impossible to say. Furthermore, it depends what country you live in. But this is my own personal list. Most famous doesn't necessarily mean best even though the best can be the most famous. This is what I think...In no particular order...This is from the Western tradition...I'll give you 25...
Shakespeare
Homer
Dante
Chaucer
Milton
Neichtze
Author(s) of Bible---if it's God...he sure as hell is famous
Voltaire
Thomas Paine
Ernest Hemingway
Agatha Christie
J.R.R. Tolkien
Cervantes
Steinbeck
Faulkner
Dickens
Austen
Rowling
Twain
Joyce
Tolstoy
King
Asimov
Sartre
Borges
You don't know some of these people but that is because your young. Trust me.
2007-09-06 15:10:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My list of the 5 most famous authors of all time:
William Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
Jane Austen
Charlotte Bronte
Mark Twain
2007-09-06 13:20:54 · answer #3 · answered by ck1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really DAVID, I don't know what the heck this question even means...it's that word "famous" that's the problem. You mean most copies sold, most translated, most references when googled--I mean, how do we define this? As far as copies sold goes, Horatio Alger came close to a BILLION copies--so maybe it's him. Most translated: L Ron Hubbard (the novelist), J K Rowling and Sidney Sheldon hold sway. And I don't even have time to count all the google hits...but you can sort of see what we're up against.
2007-09-06 21:06:43 · answer #4 · answered by Omar Cayenne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. William Shakespeare
2. Charles Dickens
3. Mark Twain
4. J.K. Rowling (it's true!!)
5. Stephen King
Agatha Christie, surprisingly, has sold almost as many copies of her work as the Bible. I was considering her for the list, but not many people really recognize her as a great author anymore.
2007-09-06 13:06:05 · answer #5 · answered by susanbamboozlin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leo Tolstoy
Author Conan Doyle
Charles Dickens
Shakespear
JRR Tolkien
You will get a different list from every person
2007-09-06 12:57:15 · answer #6 · answered by Timoc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare.
Homer
Faulkner
Stephen King
Hemingway
2007-09-06 12:59:53 · answer #7 · answered by Oz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JRR Tolkien
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck (my favorite)
Nora Roberts (sad but true)
J.K. Rowling
2007-09-06 13:39:09 · answer #8 · answered by abbacchus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my humble opinion, and in no particular order
Shakespeare
Steinbeck
Frank Herbert
Mark Twain'
JRR Tolkien
HEY HASN'T ANYONE HERE EVER HEARD OF FRANK HERBERT? GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDITS DUE, NOW
2007-09-06 16:18:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋