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Brian Lumley

1937 - 2024

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Brian Lumley (2 December 1937 – 2 January 2024) was an English author of horror fiction. He came to prominence in the 1970s writing in the Cthulhu Mythos created by American writer H. P. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Lumley has received more than 267,922 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Lumley is the 4,565th most popular writer (down from 4,093rd in 2019), the 3,427th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,066th in 2019) and the 392nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Brian Lumley ranks 4,565 out of 5,755. Before him are Arthur Golden, Johann Gottfried Seume, Timothy Zahn, Svatopluk Čech, Walter Anderson, and Solomana Kante. After him are Joe Eszterhas, Michel Déon, Ludwig Thoma, Ndre Mjeda, Svetlana Velmar-Janković, and Javier Cercas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Brian Lumley ranks 320. Before him are Manga, Carmelo Bene, David Acevedo, Nancy Wilson, Toribio Ticona Porco, and Sergey Ling. After him are Barbara Jones, Hassan Habibi, Ramsewak Shankar, Ingrid Pitt, Edward Ruscha, and Ron Leibman. Among people deceased in 2024, Brian Lumley ranks 40. Before him are Jesse Jane, Don Murray, Donald Adamson, Miguel Ángel González Suárez, Sergio Sebastiani, and Christopher Priest. After him are Jorge Toro, Giacomo Losi, Kagney Linn Karter, Damo Suzuki, Michel Jazy, and Alberto Colombo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Lumley ranks 3,427 out of 7,765. Before him are Joseph Noel Paton (1821), Frances Yates (1899), John Mayhew (1947), Sam Riley (1980), Roy Thomas Baker (1946), and James Prinsep (1799). After him are Al Pease (1921), Frederick Sandys (1829), Lucy Walter (1630), Oliver Sykes (1986), Spencer Davis (1939), and James Mellaart (1925).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Brian Lumley ranks 392. Before him are W. W. Jacobs (1863), Robert Greene (1558), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), John Gower (1330), Henry of Huntingdon (1080), and Richard Bentley (1662). After him are Eleanor Farjeon (1881), W. S. Gilbert (1836), Elizabeth Goudge (1900), Len Deighton (1929), Edith Sitwell (1887), and Cynewulf (900).

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