WRITER

Cressida Cowell

1966 - Today

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Cressida Cowell FRSL (née Hare, born 15 April 1966) is a British author. She is best known for the book series How to Train Your Dragon, which has subsequently become a media franchise as adapted by DreamWorks Animation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cressida Cowell has received more than 792,679 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Cressida Cowell is the 6,563rd most popular writer (down from 5,972nd in 2019), the 5,880th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,513th in 2019) and the 673rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cressida Cowell ranks 6,563 out of 7,302. Before her are Nino Haratischwili, Ronald D. Moore, Woeser, Joan Carreras i Goicoechea, William Wycherley, and Stanley Kunitz. After her are Michael Pollan, Irving Finkel, Ali Sardar Jafri, Mo Hayder, Gregory S. Paul, and R. S. Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Cressida Cowell ranks 499. Before her are Bernd Dreher, Zahn McClarnon, Fehaid Al-Deehani, Marina Klimova, Alfred Nijhuis, and Woeser. After her are Louis Ferreira, Erling Jevne, Michael Michele, Katherine LaNasa, Filip Šovagović, and Lyubov Yegorova.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cressida Cowell ranks 5,880 out of 8,785. Before her are Jim Baxter (1939), Anohni (1971), Bob Bell (1958), William Wycherley (1640), Ben Foster (1983), and Kelly Johnson (1958). After her are Paul Eddington (1927), Bobby Collins (1931), John Scott Russell (1808), Irving Finkel (1951), Glen Johnson (1984), and Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Cressida Cowell ranks 673. Before her are Dorothy E. Smith (1926), Eric Linklater (1899), Katharine Gun (1974), Dinah Craik (1826), Pippa Middleton (1983), and William Wycherley (1640). After her are Irving Finkel (1951), Mo Hayder (1962), R. S. Thomas (1913), Brian Stableford (1948), Grant Morrison (1960), and Colley Cibber (1671).

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