1965 - Today
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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Among writers, Eoin Colfer ranks 4,907 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1869 - 1952
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 4,901
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 4,902
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 4,903
1929 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 4,904
1915 - 1993
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 4,905
1885 - 1933
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 4,906
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 4,907
1848 - 1908
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 4,908
1880 - 1959
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 4,909
1934 - 2014
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 4,910
900 - 1000
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 4,911
1793 - 1823
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 4,912
1925 - 2020
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 4,913
Among people born in 1965, Eoin Colfer ranks 229. Before 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.
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 223
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 224
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 225
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 226
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 227
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 228
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 229
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 230
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 231
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 232
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 233
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 234
1965 - 1999
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 235
Among people born in Ireland, Eoin Colfer ranks 226 out of 501. Before 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).
1866 - 1907
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 220
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 221
1940 - 1984
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 222
1825 - 1902
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 223
1811 - 1866
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 224
1821 - 1861
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 225
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 226
1861 - 1927
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 227
1881 - 1964
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 228
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 229
1842 - 1907
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 230
1763 - 1798
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 231
516 - 546
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 232
Among writers born in Ireland, Eoin Colfer ranks 36. Before 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).
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 30
1852 - 1933
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 31
1899 - 1973
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 32
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 33
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 34
1825 - 1902
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 35
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 36
1879 - 1920
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 37
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 38
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 39
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 40
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 41
1896 - 1984
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 42