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Adrienne Clarkson

1939 - Today

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Adrienne Louise Clarkson (Chinese: 伍冰枝; née Poy; born February 10, 1939) is a Hong Kong–born Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as the 26th governor general of Canada from 1999 to 2005. Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941, as a refugee from Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, and was raised in Ottawa. After receiving a number of university degrees, Clarkson worked as a producer and broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and a journalist for various magazines. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adrienne Clarkson has received more than 801,724 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Adrienne Clarkson is the 4,423rd most popular writer (down from 3,901st in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Hong Kong (down from 37th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Adrienne Clarkson ranks 4,423 out of 7,302. Before her are Sara Lidman, Yuri Vizbor, Gerbrand Bredero, Eggert Ólafsson, Stanislas Julien, and Anatoly Kuznetsov. After her are Félix María de Samaniego, Norman Vincent Peale, Besiki, Friedebert Tuglas, Brian Herbert, and Atiq Rahimi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Adrienne Clarkson ranks 350. Before her are Yves Boisset, Helen Prejean, Breyten Breytenbach, Günther Herrmann, John Hopcroft, and Ernie Terrell. After her are Theo Waigel, Brigitte Fassbaender, Ernst Zündel, István Kozma, Michael J. Pollard, and Trịnh Công Sơn.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Adrienne Clarkson ranks 40 out of 115. Before her are Simon Yam (1955), Corey Yuen (1951), George Lam (1947), Anthony Wong (1961), Ronny Yu (1950), and Wayne Wang (1949). After her are Ringo Lam (1955), Rosamund Kwan (1962), Karen Mok (1970), Nancy Kwan (1939), Deanie Ip (1947), and Martin Lee (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Hong Kong

Among writers born in Hong Kong, Adrienne Clarkson ranks 1. After her are René de Obaldia (1918).

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