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Clive Barker

1952 - Today

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Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English novelist who 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. His fiction has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser series, the first installment of which he also wrote and directed, and the Candyman series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clive Barker has received more than 4,587,553 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Clive Barker is the 2,342nd most popular writer (down from 1,892nd in 2019), the 1,806th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,477th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular British Writer.

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  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Clive Barker ranks 2,342 out of 5,755. Before him are Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Antimachus, Boris Akunin, Luigi Pulci, Mouloud Feraoun, and Théophile de Viau. After him are Lidia Zamenhof, Giovanni Pascoli, Unica Zürn, Karel Jaromír Erben, Panteleimon Kulish, and Albert Robida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Clive Barker ranks 130. Before him are Fatos Nano, François Berléand, Christiane Taubira, Jack W. Szostak, Yoshitaka Amano, and Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem. After him are David A. Stewart, Rex Tillerson, Semyon Bychkov, David Petraeus, Samir Geagea, and Marilyn Chambers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Clive Barker ranks 1,806 out of 7,765. Before him are Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), Alf Ramsey (1920), Lynn Redgrave (1943), Dido (1971), Sadiq Khan (1970), and Louis Harold Gray (1905). After him are David A. Stewart (1952), Reginald Johnston (1874), Taron Egerton (1989), John A. Hobson (1858), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), and Michael Jackson (1942).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Clive Barker ranks 202. Before him are William Beckford (1760), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), George Whitefield (1714), Orderic Vitalis (1075), Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), and James Boswell (1740). After him are Michael Jackson (1942), Alan Sillitoe (1928), John Webster (1578), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), George Meredith (1828), and Jojo Moyes (1969).

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