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Daniel Tammet

1979 - Today

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Daniel Tammet (born Daniel Paul Corney; 31 January 1979) is an English writer and savant. His memoir, Born on a Blue Day (2006), is about his early life with Asperger syndrome and savant syndrome, and was named a "Best Book for Young Adults" in 2008 by the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services magazine. His second book, Embracing the Wide Sky, was one of France's best-selling books of 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Tammet has received more than 1,298,363 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Daniel Tammet is the 5,237th most popular writer (down from 4,619th in 2019), the 4,169th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,625th in 2019) and the 464th most popular British Writer.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Daniel Tammet ranks 5,237 out of 5,755. Before him are Paddy Chayefsky, Ágnes Gergely, Martín Luis Guzmán, Vsevolod Vishnevsky, Xosé María Díaz Castro, and Darya Dontsova. After him are Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Dmitri Prigov, Ibrahim Kuni, Joanne Harris, Ma Jian, and Conrad Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Daniel Tammet ranks 134. Before him are Tim Howard, Flo Rida, Mike Vogel, Christian Wilhelmsson, Elizabeth Gutiérrez, and Lamar Odom. After him are John Carew, David Pizarro, B. J. Novak, Jordan Peele, Claudia Letizia, and Daniel Cormier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Daniel Tammet ranks 4,169 out of 7,765. Before him are Kathryn Beaumont (1938), Mark Williams (1975), Bob Houghton (1947), Roy Bentley (1924), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), and Rachel Portman (1960). After him are Bradley James (1983), Jackie Milburn (1924), Richard Garriott (1961), Holly Johnson (1960), Steve Jackson (1951), and Joanne Harris (1964).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Daniel Tammet ranks 464. Before him are Gilbert Adair (1944), Charles Allston Collins (1828), John Clare (1793), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Val McDermid (1955), and William Michael Rossetti (1829). After him are Joanne Harris (1964), Antonia Fraser (1932), Ian McDonald (1960), Charles Mackay (1814), John Marston (1576), and John of Worcester (1100).

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