WRITER

Ali Smith

1962 - Today

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Ali Smith CBE FRSL (born 24 August 1962) is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Smith has received more than 711,660 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ali Smith is the 5,383rd most popular writer (up from 5,436th in 2019), the 4,084th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,469th in 2019) and the 454th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ali Smith ranks 5,383 out of 7,302Before her are Trudi Canavan, Ludwig Ganghofer, Anatole Le Braz, Yehoshua Kenaz, Marieluise Fleißer, and Jan Twardowski. After her are Jeanne Dumée, Tommaso Grossi, Richard Llewellyn, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Kim Newman, and Catharine Trotter Cockburn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Ali Smith ranks 307Before her are Thae Yong-ho, Jorge Martínez, Vivian Campbell, Danny Faure, Carlos Bernard, and Isabelle Nanty. After her are Oceano Cruz, Lee Arenberg, Adam Silver, Nasko Sirakov, Jeff Garlin, and Aya Kitō.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ali Smith ranks 4,084 out of 8,785Before her are Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800), Richard Lynn (1930), Frank Morley (1860), Vivian Campbell (1962), Tina Charles (1954), and Pybba of Mercia (570). After her are Dan Stevens (1982), Peter Firth (1953), William Henry Smyth (1788), Tony Jay (1933), Richard Llewellyn (1906), and John Martyn (1948).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ali Smith ranks 454Before her are Charles Wilkins (1749), Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), Daniel Tammet (1979), Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), and Aneirin (525). After her are Richard Llewellyn (1906), Kim Newman (1959), Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1674), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), and Olivia Manning (1908).