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Alain de Botton

1969 - Today

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Alain de Botton (; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British author and public speaker. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published Essays in Love (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain de Botton has received more than 2,258,198 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Alain de Botton is the 4,444th most popular writer (down from 4,200th in 2019), the 460th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 411th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Swiss Writer.

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  • 49.18

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alain de Botton ranks 4,444 out of 7,302. Before him are Jafar Jabbarly, Johann David Wyss, Pierre Emmanuel, Louis Paul Boon, Mervyn Peake, and Hans Henny Jahnn. After him are Rosemary Sutcliff, Quentin Crisp, Arthur Ransome, Olaf Bull, Sāyaṇa, and Ariel Dorfman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Alain de Botton ranks 167. Before him are Marco Simone, Rory McCann, Delfí Geli, Leonid Stadnyk, Pierfrancesco Favino, and Sophie Kinsella. After him are Cosmin Olăroiu, Nate Dogg, Amy Ryan, Christopher Scarver, Thomas Linke, and Erlend Loe.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Alain de Botton ranks 460 out of 1,015. Before him are Robert Alt (1927), Marc-Émile Ruchet (1853), Romain Grosjean (1986), Max Petitpierre (1899), Georges de Rham (1903), and Johann David Wyss (1743). After him are Paolo Macchiarini (1958), Aurelio Galfetti (1936), Hermann Barrelet (1879), Otto Stich (1927), Alexander Frei (1979), and Madeleine Berthod (1931).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Alain de Botton ranks 42. Before him are Robert Pinget (1919), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Peter Bichsel (1935), Fernán Caballero (1796), Nicolas Bouvier (1929), and Johann David Wyss (1743). After him are Martin Suter (1948), Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701), Béatrix Beck (1914), Jacques Chessex (1934), Urs Widmer (1938), and Adolf Muschg (1934).

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