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Alan Paton

1903 - 1988

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Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Paton has received more than 587,180 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Alan Paton is the 4,911th most popular writer (down from 4,142nd in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 81st in 2019) and the 12th most popular South African Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alan Paton ranks 4,911 out of 7,302. Before him are Ann Druyan, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Suzanne Lilar, Ferenc Karinthy, Marilynne Robinson, and Horatio Alger. After him are C. L. Moore, Diane Ackerman, Eugène Guillevic, József Katona, Jan Arnald, and Edmund Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Alan Paton ranks 253. Before him are Jean Tardieu, Willi Forst, Voldemar Väli, Nilo Murtinho Braga, Manuel Anatol, and Nathanael West. After him are Doca, Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston, Edgar Bergen, Billie Dove, Lothar Bolz, and Elisha Cook Jr.. Among people deceased in 1988, Alan Paton ranks 178. Before him are Shōhei Ōoka, Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Kwon Ki-ok, William McMahon, Memphis Slim, and Solomon. After him are Liang Shuming, Mildred Gillars, Victorio Unamuno, Marta Abba, Alfred Kelbassa, and Jan Brzák-Felix.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Alan Paton ranks 112 out of 454. Before him are Max Gluckman (1911), David Bailie (1937), Ted Grant (1913), Steve Nash (1974), Hugh Masekela (1939), and Julius Malema (1981). After him are Phil Ramone (1934), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), Bevil Rudd (1894), John McDowell (1942), Sharlto Copley (1973), and Denis Goldberg (1933).

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Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Alan Paton ranks 12. Before him are Ronald Harwood (1934), Laurence Oliphant (1829), Laurens van der Post (1906), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Deon Meyer (1958), and Ingrid Jonker (1933). After him are Andrew Murray (1828), Elsa Joubert (1922), Antjie Krog (1952), Athol Fugard (1932), Karel Schoeman (1939), and Damon Galgut (1963).

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