WRITER

FM-2030

1930 - 2000

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FM-2030 (born Fereidoun M. Esfandiary; Persian: فریدون اسفندیاری; October 15, 1930 – July 8, 2000) was a Belgian-born Iranian-American author, teacher, transhumanist philosopher, futurist, consultant, and Olympic athlete. He became notable as a transhumanist with the book Are You a Transhuman?: Monitoring and Stimulating Your Personal Rate of Growth in a Rapidly Changing World, published in 1989. In addition, he wrote a number of works of fiction under his original name F. M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of FM-2030 has received more than 712,924 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. FM-2030 is the 4,691st most popular writer (down from 2,559th in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 335th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Belgian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, FM-2030 ranks 4,691 out of 7,302. Before him are Shudraka, Yoko Tawada, Louis Bromfield, Sakutarō Hagiwara, François Tristan l'Hermite, and Aleksandrs Čaks. After him are Zabel Sibil Asadour, Mykola Zerov, Park Wan-suh, Mary McCarthy, Vera Panova, and Edward Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, FM-2030 ranks 369. Before him are Éva Novák-Gerard, Taina Elg, Herbie Mann, Matt Monro, Judit Temes, and Oleg Anofriyev. After him are George Fernandes, Boris Parygin, Roger Vonlanthen, Robert Ryman, Štefan Uher, and Shel Silverstein. Among people deceased in 2000, FM-2030 ranks 204. Before him are Jack Nitzsche, Ioannis Andreou, Carlo Parola, Billy Barty, William Stokoe, and H. C. Artmann. After him are Philippe Chatrier, Annie Palmen, Humberto de Araújo Benevenuto, Gerardo Romero, Olena Apanovych, and Steve Allen.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, FM-2030 ranks 616 out of 1,190. Before him are Helmut Lotti (1969), Georges Berger (1918), Georges Grün (1962), Philippe Van Parijs (1951), Louis Glineur (1849), and Jan Pieter Schotte (1928). After him are Étienne Gailly (1922), Louis Versyp (1908), Paul Deman (1889), Edgard Colle (1897), Théo Lefèvre (1914), and Émile Grumiaux (1861).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, FM-2030 ranks 34. Before him are Simon Leys (1935), Georges Eekhoud (1854), Camille Lemonnier (1844), Louis Paul Boon (1912), Félicien Marceau (1913), and Willem Elsschot (1882). After him are Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Suzanne Lilar (1901), Paul van Ostaijen (1896), Stijn Streuvels (1871), François Weyergans (1941), and Maurice Carême (1899).

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