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Brian Friel

1929 - 2015

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Brian Patrick Friel (c. 9 January 1929 – 2 October 2015) was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. He had been considered one of the greatest living English-language dramatists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Friel has received more than 483,145 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Friel is the 5,826th most popular writer (down from 5,074th in 2019), the 5,164th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,397th in 2019) and the 582nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

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  • 39.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Brian Friel ranks 5,826 out of 5,755Before him are John Arden, John Burroughs, H. R. F. Keating, Dan Abnett, John Patrick Shanley, and Jaime Bayly. After him are Steven S. DeKnight, Akif Pirinçci, Frederica Sagor Maas, Bernice Rubens, Ram Swarup, and Dave Eggers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Brian Friel ranks 449Before him are Joe Meek, Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Art Taylor, Buck Owens, Branko Grünbaum, and Velimir Valenta. After him are Ken Henry, Jerry Adler, James H. Billington, Suraiya, Peter Sculthorpe, and John Conyers. Among people deceased in 2015, Brian Friel ranks 436Before him are Sergio Renán, Gerry Byrne, Andriy Kuzmenko, Jurelang Zedkaia, Harry Gallatin, and Martin Milner. After him are Jihadi John, Denis Healey, Hitoshi Saito, Ron Springett, Gene Fullmer, and Eugenie Clark.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Friel ranks 5,164 out of 7,765Before him are Nora Stanton Barney (1883), Marian McPartland (1918), Cameron Mackintosh (1946), Dan Abnett (1965), Constant Lambert (1905), and James Norton (1985). After him are Alan Mowbray (1896), Bernice Rubens (1923), Finola Hughes (1959), Charles Rosher (1885), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (1993), and Juliet Stevenson (1956).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Brian Friel ranks 582Before him are Henry Vaughan (1621), Max Hastings (1945), William Wycherley (1640), John Arden (1930), H. R. F. Keating (1926), and Dan Abnett (1965). After him are Bernice Rubens (1923), Denise Levertov (1923), William Collins (1721), Zadie Smith (1975), James Bowen (1979), and George Peele (1556).