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Eoin Colfer

1965 - Today

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Eoin Colfer (; born 14 May 1965) is an Irish author of children's books. He worked as a primary school teacher before he became a full-time writer. He is best known for being the author of the Artemis Fowl series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eoin Colfer has received more than 920,168 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Eoin Colfer is the 4,907th most popular writer (down from 4,692nd in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 920k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eoin Colfer ranks 4,907 out of 5,755Before him are Henriette Roland Holst, Edward Rutherfurd, François Weyergans, Frano Selak, Lester del Rey, and Ring Lardner. After him are Joel Chandler Harris, Francis de Miomandre, Mark Strand, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, Erik Johan Stagnelius, and Alki Zei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Eoin Colfer ranks 229Before him are Veronica Ferres, Costas Mandylor, L. J. Smith, Natalie Dessay, Michael Skibbe, and Pedro Troglio. After him are Bernard Hopkins, Booker T, Sadie Frost, Paul Heyman, Gavin Rossdale, and Owen Hart.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Eoin Colfer ranks 226 out of 501Before him are Lena Rice (1866), Michael Scott (1959), Luke Kelly (1940), William McGonagall (1825), William Henry Harvey (1811), and Robert O'Hara Burke (1821). After him are J. B. Bury (1861), Patrick Ryan (1881), Steve Barron (1956), Agnes Mary Clerke (1842), Wolfe Tone (1763), and Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516).

Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Eoin Colfer ranks 36Before him are William Trevor (1928), George Moore (1852), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), John Boyne (1971), Michael Scott (1959), and William McGonagall (1825). After him are Terence MacSwiney (1879), John Connolly (1968), Colm Tóibín (1955), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Cecelia Ahern (1981), and Liam O'Flaherty (1896).