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Alan Sillitoe

1928 - 2010

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Alan Sillitoe FRSL (4 March 1928 – 25 April 2010) was an English writer and one of the so-called "angry young men" of the 1950s. He disliked the label, as did most of the other writers to whom it was applied. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Sillitoe has received more than 353,609 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Sillitoe is the 3,034th most popular writer (down from 2,358th in 2019), the 2,214th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,819th in 2019) and the 255th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alan Sillitoe ranks 3,034 out of 7,302. Before him are Jens Baggesen, Nathan Birnbaum, Sumitranandan Pant, Prince Henri of Orléans, Henri Meilhac, and Miodrag Bulatović. After him are August Šenoa, Lars Saabye Christensen, Julius Pomponius Laetus, Heo Nanseolheon, Sergey Solovyov, and Francisco Balagtas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Alan Sillitoe ranks 249. Before him are Orson Bean, Hans Herrmann, Abdellatif Filali, Steingrímur Hermannsson, Nicolas Roeg, and Yevgeny Svetlanov. After him are Nils Christie, Alexander Gomelsky, Annie Cordy, Anthony Franciosa, Sohrab Sepehri, and Edgar Schein. Among people deceased in 2010, Alan Sillitoe ranks 153. Before him are Ernst von Glasersfeld, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Fud Leclerc, Rudolf Barshai, Steingrímur Hermannsson, and José Torres. After him are Eugène Terre'Blanche, Peter Steele, Vasco de Almeida e Costa, Werner Schroeter, Zoltán Varga, and Oswaldo López Arellano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Sillitoe ranks 2,214 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Jackson (1942), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), William Hartnell (1908), Charles Barry (1795), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), and Cuthbert (635). After him are Charles Wesley (1707), Edith Tolkien (1889), Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863), William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773), Steve McManaman (1972), and Roger Hunt (1938).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alan Sillitoe ranks 255. Before him are John Cleland (1709), Lytton Strachey (1880), Caroline Graham (1931), Michael Jackson (1942), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), and Prince Henri of Orléans (1867). After him are Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), Robert Fisk (1946), William Ernest Henley (1849), Jojo Moyes (1969), Ken Robinson (1950), and Robert Harris (1957).

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