1971 - Today
Derren Brown (born 27 February 1971) is an English entertainer, mentalist, illusionist, and writer. Brown began performing in 1992, making his television debut with Mind Control (2000). He has since starred in several more shows for stage and television, including Something Wicked This Way Comes (2006) and Svengali (2012) which won him two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Entertainment, as well as The Experiments (2011) which won him a BAFTA for Best Entertainment Programme at the 2012 awards. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Derren Brown has received more than 2,741,033 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Derren Brown is the 10th most popular magician (up from 11th in 2019), the 5,981st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,511th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Magician.
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Among magicians, Derren Brown ranks 10 out of 11. Before him are Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, James Randi, David Blaine, Criss Angel, Ricky Jay, and Dynamo. After him are Penn Jillette.
1805 - 1871
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 4
1928 - 2020
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 5
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 6
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 7
1946 - 2018
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 9
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.36
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 33.52
Rank: 11
Among people born in 1971, Derren Brown ranks 629. Before him are Jorge Bermúdez, Antonio Pinilla, Eddie Jones, François Bégaudeau, Ådne Søndrål, and Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset. After him are Brook Lee, Jean Galfione, Lesley Fera, Jonathan Stark, Gustavo Méndez, and Georg Totschnig.
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.46
Rank: 623
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.44
Rank: 624
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.42
Rank: 625
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.41
Rank: 626
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.41
Rank: 627
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.39
Rank: 628
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.36
Rank: 629
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.32
Rank: 630
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.31
Rank: 631
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.30
Rank: 632
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.24
Rank: 633
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.23
Rank: 634
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.22
Rank: 635
Among people born in United Kingdom, Derren Brown ranks 5,981 out of 7,765. Before him are O. T. Fagbenle (1980), Luke Roberts (1977), Declan Rice (1999), Dalian Atkinson (1968), Hannah Ware (1982), and 21 Savage (1992). After him are Paul Merson (1968), Keith Newton (1941), Michael Oliver (1985), David Bellamy (1933), Bill Hoskyns (1931), and Mary Tamm (1950).
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.44
Rank: 5,975
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.44
Rank: 5,976
1999 - Present
HPI: 34.41
Rank: 5,977
1968 - 2016
HPI: 34.39
Rank: 5,978
1982 - Present
HPI: 34.38
Rank: 5,979
1992 - Present
HPI: 34.38
Rank: 5,980
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.36
Rank: 5,981
1968 - Present
HPI: 34.35
Rank: 5,982
1941 - 1998
HPI: 34.35
Rank: 5,983
1985 - Present
HPI: 34.34
Rank: 5,984
1933 - 2019
HPI: 34.34
Rank: 5,985
1931 - 2013
HPI: 34.34
Rank: 5,986
1950 - 2012
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 5,987
Among magicians born in United Kingdom, Derren Brown ranks 2. Before him are Dynamo (1982).