WRITER

Arthur C. Clarke

1917 - 2008

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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all time. Clarke was a science fiction writer, an avid populariser of space travel, and a futurist of a distinguished ability. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur C. Clarke has received more than 5,785,722 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Arthur C. Clarke is the 291st most popular writer (down from 214th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 161st in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Writer.

Arthur C. Clarke is most famous for his science fiction work, including 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 85

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Profiles of the future
1962
2001
Fiction / General, Fiction / Science Fiction / General, Fiction / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction
It has been forty years since the publication of this classic science fiction novel that changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other. This allegory about humanity's exploration of the universe, and the universe's reaction to humanity, was the basis for director Stanley Kubrick's immortal film, and lives on as a hallmark achievement in storytelling.
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A Fall of Moondust
1961
Childhood's End
1953
The Sands of Mars
1951

Page views of Arthur C. Clarkes by language

Over the past year Arthur C. Clarke has had the most page views in the with 766,872 views, followed by Spanish (79,936), and Russian (70,246). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Piedmontese (92.47%), Waray (69.54%), and Min Nan (59.48%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arthur C. Clarke ranks 291 out of 7,302. Before him are Alberto Moravia, Paul Valéry, Philip K. Dick, Marcus Terentius Varro, Gerhart Hauptmann, and Emily Dickinson. After him are Pearl S. Buck, Carl Spitteler, Colette, Sayyid Qutb, Anne Brontë, and Jon Fosse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke ranks 5. Before him are John F. Kennedy, Park Chung-hee, Indira Gandhi, and Heinrich Böll. After him are Ilya Prigogine, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Eric Hobsbawm, Frederica of Hanover, I. M. Pei, and Ferdinand Marcos. Among people deceased in 2008, Arthur C. Clarke ranks 12. Before him are Paul Newman, Samuel P. Huntington, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Albert Hofmann, Irena Sendler, and Charlton Heston. After him are Miriam Makeba, Mahmoud Darwish, Hua Guofeng, Willis Lamb, Richard Widmark, and Richard Wright.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur C. Clarke ranks 201 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), Charles II of England (1630), William Golding (1911), James Chadwick (1891), John Wycliffe (1324), and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843). After him are Henry I of England (1068), Keith Richards (1943), Judi Dench (1934), Joe Cocker (1944), Anne Brontë (1820), and Bernard Montgomery (1887).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Arthur C. Clarke ranks 26. Before him are Anna Wintour (1949), J. K. Rowling (1965), John Milton (1608), Geoffrey Chaucer (1343), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), and William Golding (1911). After him are Anne Brontë (1820), C. S. Lewis (1898), William Wordsworth (1770), Ken Follett (1949), Ian Fleming (1908), and Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792).

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