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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 285,926 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Lumley is the 4,729th most popular writer (down from 4,550th in 2019), the 3,422nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,419th in 2019) and the 388th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Brian Lumley ranks 4,729 out of 7,302. Before him are Dmitry Glukhovsky, Rod Serling, Manuel Bandeira, Fyodor Abramov, Rosa Sensat, and William Tenn. After him are Robert Menasse, Andrei Bitov, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Michel-Jean Sedaine, Rosa Mayreder, and Damon Knight.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Brian Lumley ranks 344. Before him are Gary Lockwood, David Bailie, Teresa Ciepły, Joaquim Carvalho, Hassan Habibi, and Mirko Marjanović. After him are Andrei Bitov, George Chuvalo, Antonio Betancort, Peter Fleischmann, Ron Leibman, and Sergey Ling. Among people deceased in 2024, Brian Lumley ranks 269. Before him are Eugenio Dal Corso, Kagney Linn Karter, Ben Vautier, Lynn Conway, Eliyahu Rips, and Anatoliy Konkov. After him are Lou Donaldson, Robert Towne, Imre Komora, Yoshiko Kuga, Luis Ayala, and Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Lumley ranks 3,422 out of 8,785. Before him are Andy Bown (1946), Walter Burley (1275), Al Atkins (1947), Stanley Morison (1889), William Tenn (1920), and Bert Jansch (1943). After him are Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), John O. Westwood (1805), Joe Jackson (1954), Wilfred Baddeley (1872), and Stanley Spencer (1891).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Brian Lumley ranks 388. Before him are John Mawe (1764), James Thomson (1700), Edward William Lane (1801), Michael Frayn (1933), Edith Sitwell (1887), and William Tenn (1920). After him are Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), E. L. James (1963), Val McDermid (1955), Edward James (1907), Milo Yiannopoulos (1984), and Hannah More (1745).

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