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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 987,361 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Eoin Colfer is the 5,657th most popular writer (down from 4,890th in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 225th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Irish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eoin Colfer ranks 5,657 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Wohlleben, William Blum, Stanisław Barańczak, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Semyon Nadson, and Valentín Paz-Andrade. After him are Yuri Samarin, Layamon, Alfred Capus, Michael Shermer, Nikolay Rubtsov, and Jean-Paul Dubois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Eoin Colfer ranks 297. Before him are Jeremy Piven, Yutaka Ozaki, Dmytro Firtash, Maura Tierney, Antonio Saca, and Alexandra Vandernoot. After him are José Tolentino de Mendonça, Adrian Pasdar, David Brabham, Sergey Melikov, Christine Lambrecht, and Kevin Dillon.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Eoin Colfer ranks 264 out of 549. Before him are William McGonagall (1825), Derek Daly (1953), Liam Brady (1956), Victor Herbert (1859), Michael Scott (1959), and Paddy Moloney (1938). After him are Jack Lynch (1917), Matt McGrath (1875), Robert O'Hara Burke (1821), Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865), Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776), and Harry Clarke (1889).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Eoin Colfer ranks 38. Before him are Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), George Moore (1852), John Connolly (1968), William McGonagall (1825), and Michael Scott (1959). After him are Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776), Colum McCann (1965), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Cecelia Ahern (1981), and Frank Harris (1856).

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