1932 - 1981
Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter who had cerebral palsy and was able to write or type only with the toes of one foot. His most recognized work is his autobiography, titled Down All The Days (1954). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christy Brown has received more than 1,294,388 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Christy Brown is the 1,551st 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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Among writers, Christy Brown ranks 1,551 out of 5,755. Before him are Elizabeth Siddal, Wayne Dyer, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, Korney Chukovsky, Li Yu, and Yeghishe Charents. After him are Pío Baroja, Jean de Meun, Petr Ginz, Gustav Landauer, Eduard Mörike, and Petros Markaris.
1829 - 1862
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,545
1940 - 2015
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,546
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,547
1882 - 1969
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 1,548
1610 - 1680
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 1,549
1897 - 1937
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 1,550
1932 - 1981
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 1,551
1872 - 1956
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,552
1240 - 1305
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,553
1928 - 1944
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,554
1870 - 1919
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,555
1804 - 1875
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,556
1937 - Present
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 1,557
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.
1932 - 2015
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 101
1932 - 2019
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 102
1932 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 103
1932 - 2021
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 104
1932 - 2019
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 105
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 106
1932 - 1981
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 107
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 108
1932 - 1990
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 109
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 110
1932 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 111
1932 - 2005
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 112
1932 - 2005
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 113
1912 - 1981
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 45
1901 - 1981
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 46
1926 - 1981
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 47
1913 - 1981
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 48
1905 - 1981
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 49
1940 - 1981
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 50
1932 - 1981
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 51
1908 - 1981
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 52
1923 - 1981
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 53
1923 - 1981
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 54
1913 - 1981
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 55
1896 - 1981
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 56
1900 - 1981
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 57
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).
1779 - 1852
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 53
1685 - 1720
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 54
1863 - 1888
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 55
1929 - 2012
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 56
1850 - 1916
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 57
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 58
1932 - 1981
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 59
954 - 1034
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 60
1581 - 1656
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 61
1851 - 1901
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 62
1930 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 63
451 - 525
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 64
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 65
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).
1713 - 1768
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 8
1898 - 1981
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 9
550 - 645
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 10
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 11
1864 - 1960
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 12
1779 - 1852
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 13
1932 - 1981
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 14
1814 - 1873
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 15
1780 - 1824
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 16
1728 - 1774
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 17
1879 - 1916
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 18
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 19
1920 - 1974
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 20