WRITER

Clive Barker

1952 - Today

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Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English writer, filmmaker and visual artist. He came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clive Barker has received more than 4,942,260 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Clive Barker is the 2,055th most popular writer (up from 2,335th in 2019), the 1,560th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,801st in 2019) and the 166th most popular British Writer.

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  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Clive Barker ranks 2,055 out of 7,302Before him are François Hotman, Nigidius Figulus, Jacopone da Todi, Erle Stanley Gardner, Lucilius Junior, and Philip Kerr. After him are Vassilis Vassilikos, Mago, Catherine Breillat, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Marcellinus Comes, and Keigo Higashino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Clive Barker ranks 133Before him are Vladislav Tretiak, Jack W. Szostak, François Berléand, David Icke, Vandana Shiva, and Graham Greene. After him are Yuriko Koike, Uljana Semjonova, Lars Peter Hansen, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, and Dirceu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Clive Barker ranks 1,560 out of 8,785Before him are Willehad (735), Eglantyne Jebb (1876), David Purley (1945), N. R. Pogson (1829), Simon Rattle (1955), and Philip Kerr (1956). After him are Lord William Bentinck (1774), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Bear Grylls (1974), George Bentham (1800), John Guillermin (1925), and Samantha Fox (1966).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Clive Barker ranks 166Before him are Edward Young (1683), Anthony Trollope (1815), Robert Southey (1774), Christopher Isherwood (1904), Karen Armstrong (1944), and Philip Kerr (1956). After him are George MacDonald (1824), James Hilton (1900), Patrick O'Brian (1914), James Herbert Brennan (1940), Orderic Vitalis (1075), and James Boswell (1740).