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David Gemmell

1948 - 2006

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David Andrew Gemmell (; 1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Gemmell has received more than 689,491 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). David Gemmell is the 2,783rd most popular writer (down from 2,299th in 2019), the 2,104th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,735th in 2019) and the 238th most popular British Writer.

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  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Gemmell ranks 2,783 out of 5,755. Before him are Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Georg Herwegh, Ana Blandiana, Imre Madách, Gasparo Contarini, and François Cheng. After him are Giuseppe Giacosa, Ludovic Halévy, Laura Bridgman, Wang Bo, Kálmán Mikszáth, and Alice B. Toklas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, David Gemmell ranks 202. Before him are Patty Pravo, Zdravko Tolimir, Baldwin Lonsdale, Pascal Bruckner, Chris Squire, and James Nachtwey. After him are Avi Arad, James Rebhorn, Ruud Geels, Vonda N. McIntyre, Pavel Grachev, and Vladimír Remek. Among people deceased in 2006, David Gemmell ranks 142. Before him are Johannes Willebrands, W. Montgomery Watt, Peter Boyle, Paul Gleason, Rudi Carrell, and Gerard Reve. After him are Shigeru Kayano, Valentín Paniagua, Marie Tharp, Georgios Rallis, Galina Ustvolskaya, and Tetsurō Tamba.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Gemmell ranks 2,104 out of 7,765. Before him are John Thaw (1942), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), Thomas Beecham (1879), Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), Albert Austin (1881), and Paul Freeman (1943). After him are Charles Galton Darwin (1887), June Whitfield (1925), James Purefoy (1964), Richard Wilson (1714), William Aiton (1731), and Guy Edwards (1942).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, David Gemmell ranks 238. Before him are Robert Burton (1577), Max Beerbohm (1872), Angela Carter (1940), Samuel Smiles (1812), Anna Sewell (1820), and John Wyndham (1903). After him are Walter Pater (1839), Ouida (1839), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Edwin Arnold (1832), Ephraim Chambers (1680), and Thomas Kyd (1558).

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