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Irvine Welsh

Scottish writer

1957 - today

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His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Irvine Welsh is the 2,428th most popular writer (up from 2,854th in 2024), the 2,068th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,103rd in 2019) and the 232nd most popular British Writer.

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Irvine Welsh is the most memorable of the 6 notable people born in Leith, United Kingdom.

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Irvine Welsh's biography appears in 41 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 85% of all Writers.

Sep 27

Irvine Welsh shares a September 27 birthday with Louis XIII of France, Stephen Báthory, and Robert Edwards.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Irvine Welsh ranks 2,428 out of 7,302. Before him are Samuil Marshak, Antiochus Kantemir, Isaac Alfasi, Lucilius Junior, Paschasius Radbertus, and Wallada bint al-Mustakfi. After him are Ivan Mažuranić, August von Platen-Hallermünde, Juvencus, Arnold Wesker, Jacques Roubaud, and Cornelis Tromp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Irvine Welsh ranks 115. Before him are Shigeru Ban, Bruce Rauner, Loreena McKennitt, Rachel Ward, Lucien Favre, and Alu Alkhanov. After him are Ray Winstone, Catherine Connolly, José Coronado, Cynthia Rothrock, Stephen Baxter, and Carrie Lam.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Irvine Welsh ranks 2,068 out of 8,785. Before him are William Cullen (1710), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), James Boswell (1740), Willibald (700), Phil Lynott (1949), and Thomas Rowlandson (1756). After him are Ray Winstone (1957), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Arnold Wesker (1932), Roger Cotes (1682), Philippa Foot (1920), and Effie Gray (1828).

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Among Writers In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Irvine Welsh ranks 232. Before him are Kenneth Grahame (1859), William Smith (1813), Sister Nivedita (1867), John Marston (1576), Noël Coward (1899), and James Boswell (1740). After him are Arnold Wesker (1932), Eric Knight (1897), Lytton Strachey (1880), William Auld (1924), Charles Mackay (1814), and Stephen Baxter (1957).

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