1955 - Today
Colm Tóibín (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ] KAW-ləm toe-BEAN; born 30 May 1955) FRSL, is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic, and poet.Tóibín is currently Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University in Manhattan and succeeded Martin Amis as professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester. He was appointed Chancellor of the University of Liverpool in 2017.Tóibín was called "a champion of minorities" by Arts Council director Mary Cloake as Tóibín collected the 2011 Irish PEN Award. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colm Tóibín has received more than 656,215 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Colm Tóibín is the 4,818th most popular writer (down from 4,214th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 211th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Irish Writer.
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Among writers, Colm Tóibín ranks 4,818 out of 5,794. Before him are Nigella Lawson, John Gardner, Michael Bishop, Atis Kronvalds, Antonín Sova, and Duncan Regehr. After him are Guzal Sitdikova, J. Michael Straczynski, Carme Riera, José Carlos Somoza, Jacques-Pierre Amette, and Mary Sidney.
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 4,812
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 4,813
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 4,814
1837 - 1875
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 4,815
1864 - 1928
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 4,816
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 4,817
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 4,818
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 4,819
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 4,820
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 4,821
1959 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 4,822
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 4,823
1561 - 1621
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 4,824
Among people born in 1955, Colm Tóibín ranks 295. Before him are Agostino Di Bartolomei, Bart D. Ehrman, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Juliusz Machulski, Víctor Pecci, and Jesús María Zamora. After him are Guillermo Navarro, Israel Katz, Yitang Zhang, Elisa Ferreira, Reba McEntire, and Hippolyte Girardot.
1955 - 1994
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 289
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 290
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 291
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 292
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 293
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 294
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 295
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 296
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 297
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 298
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 299
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 300
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 301
Among people born in Ireland, Colm Tóibín ranks 238 out of 460. Before him are Martin Sheridan (1881), Louis Walsh (1952), Agnes Mary Clerke (1842), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Niall Horan (1993), and Mabel Cahill (1863). After him are Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848), Alison Doody (1966), Mary Ward (1827), John McKenna (1855), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), and Eoin O'Duffy (1890).
1881 - 1918
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 232
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 233
1842 - 1907
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 234
1906 - 1970
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 235
1993 - Present
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 236
1863 - 1905
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 237
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 238
1848 - 1915
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 239
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 240
1827 - 1869
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 241
1855 - 1936
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 242
1110 - 1171
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 243
1890 - 1944
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 244
Among writers born in Ireland, Colm Tóibín ranks 38. Before him are John Boyne (1971), Jane Wilde (1821), Michael Scott (1959), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Eoin Colfer (1965), and Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906). After him are Cecelia Ahern (1981), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), John Connolly (1968), Roddy Doyle (1958), Marian Keyes (1963), and Patrick Kavanagh (1904).
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 32
1821 - 1896
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 33
1959 - Present
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 34
1896 - 1984
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 35
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 36
1906 - 1970
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 37
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 38
1981 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 39
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 40
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 41
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 42
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 43
1904 - 1967
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 44