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Christy Brown

1932 - 1981

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Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter whose cerebral palsy allowed him to write or type only with the toes of one foot. His most recognized work is his autobiography, titled My Left Foot (1954). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christy Brown has received more than 1,455,349 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Christy Brown is the 1,543rd most popular writer (up from 1,939th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 78th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christy Brown ranks 1,543 out of 5,755. Before him are Jaan Kross, Elizabeth Siddal, Wayne Dyer, Korney Chukovsky, Li Yu, and Yeghishe Charents. After him are Pío Baroja, Jean de Meun, Petr Ginz, Gustav Landauer, Eduard Mörike, and Petros Markaris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Christy Brown ranks 107. Before him are Khaled al-Asaad, Dušan Makavejev, Tatsuya Nakadai, Horst Eckel, Nikolai Kardashev, and Alan Bean. After him are Paul Virilio, Delphine Seyrig, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Dudley R. Herschbach, Amrish Puri, and Charly Gaul. Among people deceased in 1981, Christy Brown ranks 51. Before him are Duško Popov, Stefan Wyszyński, Karl Richter, Heinz Kohut, Natalia Pavlovna Paley, and Mike Hailwood. After him are Rómulo Betancourt, Gyula Lóránt, Gloria Grahame, Bill Shankly, Mao Dun, and Victor Kugler.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Christy Brown ranks 59 out of 501. Before him are Thomas Moore (1779), Edward England (1685), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), David Kelly (1929), Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850), and Colin Farrell (1976). After him are Malcolm II of Scotland (954), James Ussher (1581), George Francis FitzGerald (1851), William C. Campbell (1930), Brigid of Kildare (451), and Brian Cowen (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Christy Brown ranks 14. Before him are Laurence Sterne (1713), Joseph Murphy (1898), Saint Gall (550), Iris Murdoch (1919), Ethel Voynich (1864), and Thomas Moore (1779). After him are Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Charles Maturin (1780), Oliver Goldsmith (1728), Patrick Pearse (1879), John Banville (1945), and Cornelius Ryan (1920).

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