1965 - Today
Colum McCann (born 28 February 1965) is an Irish writer of literary fiction. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and now lives in New York. He is the co-founder and President of Narrative 4, an international empathy education nonprofit. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colum McCann has received more than 368,865 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Colum McCann is the 5,626th most popular writer (down from 5,574th in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 358th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Irish Writer.
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Among writers, Colum McCann ranks 5,626 out of 5,755. Before him are Edward Everett Hale, John Betjeman, Sarah J. Maas, Anna Löwenstein, Kenneth Rexroth, and Owen Barfield. After him are John Perry Barlow, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Karel Schoeman, James Cooke Brown, John Langalibalele Dube, and Christoph Ransmayr.
1822 - 1909
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 5,620
1906 - 1984
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 5,621
1986 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 5,622
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 5,623
1905 - 1982
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 5,624
1898 - 1997
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 5,625
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 5,626
1947 - 2018
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 5,627
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 5,628
1939 - 2017
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 5,629
1921 - 2000
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 5,630
1871 - 1946
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 5,631
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 5,632
Among people born in 1965, Colum McCann ranks 357. Before him are Alva Noto, Jami Gertz, Kathleen Kinmont, Miri Regev, Franck Sauzée, and Arminas Narbekovas. After him are Simon Sebag Montefiore, Kevin Williamson, John van Loen, Nigel Short, Jam Master Jay, and Maria Pitillo.
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 351
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 352
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 353
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 354
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 355
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 356
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 357
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 358
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 359
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 360
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 361
1965 - 2002
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 362
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 363
Among people born in Ireland, Colum McCann ranks 299 out of 501. Before him are Allen Leech (1981), George Brent (1904), Derek Daly (1953), Robert Sheehan (1988), Caoimhín Kelleher (1998), and Jack Gleeson (1992). After him are Charlie McGettigan (1950), Joshua Pim (1869), William Hobson (1792), Desmond Connell (1926), Barry Keoghan (1992), and Richard Mulcahy (1886).
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 293
1904 - 1979
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 294
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 295
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 296
1998 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 297
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 298
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 299
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 300
1869 - 1942
HPI: 41.48
Rank: 301
1792 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 302
1926 - 2017
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 303
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 304
1886 - 1971
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 305
Among writers born in Ireland, Colum McCann ranks 44. Before him are John Connolly (1968), Colm Tóibín (1955), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), and Frank Harris (1856). After him are Frances Power Cobbe (1822), Roddy Doyle (1958), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Nahum Tate (1652), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), and Anne Enright (1962).
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 38
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 39
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 40
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 41
1896 - 1984
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 42
1856 - 1931
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 43
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 44
1822 - 1904
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 45
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.09
Rank: 46
1906 - 1970
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 47
1652 - 1715
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 48
1904 - 1967
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 49
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.97
Rank: 50