WRITER

Alex Garland

1970 - Today

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Alexander Medawar Garland (born 26 May 1970) is an English author, screenwriter, and director. He rose to prominence with his novel The Beach (1996). He received praise for writing the Danny Boyle films 28 Days Later (2002) and Sunshine (2007), as well as Never Let Me Go (2010) and Dredd (2012). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Garland has received more than 6,282,489 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Alex Garland is the 5,995th most popular writer (down from 5,434th in 2019), the 4,838th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,464th in 2019) and the 542nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alex Garland ranks 5,995 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard Russo, Sarah Moore Grimké, Vladimir Tendryakov, Liao Yiwu, Leszek Engelking, and Alexander Afinogenov. After him are Gardner Fox, W. S. Merwin, Lucy Hawking, Kristina Lugn, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Joel Lehtonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Alex Garland ranks 290. Before him are Serhiy Honchar, Kim Do-hoon, Joel Glazer, Vanna, Nia Long, and Arijan Komazec. After him are Randa Kassis, Cobi Jones, Leah Remini, Fumito Ueda, Sander Boschker, and Erkan Petekkaya.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alex Garland ranks 4,838 out of 8,785. Before him are Hubert Gough (1870), Geoffrey Hughes (1944), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), Lynne Frederick (1954), Neil Innes (1944), and Henry Lawes (1595). After him are Rupert Holmes (1947), Lucy Hawking (1969), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983), Joe Spence (1898), Basil Dearden (1911), and Lawrence Stone (1919).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alex Garland ranks 542. Before him are Susan Cooper (1935), Hugh Blair (1718), Edmund Gosse (1849), William Bell Scott (1811), George Holyoake (1817), and Francis Chichester (1901). After him are Lucy Hawking (1969), David Storey (1933), Sarah Waters (1966), Philippa Pearce (1920), Sarah Trimmer (1741), and Anne Fine (1947).

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