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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 657,214 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). FM-2030 is the 2,567th most popular writer (up from 3,295th in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 424th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Belgian Writer.

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  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, FM-2030 ranks 2,567 out of 5,755. Before him are Yuan Zhen, Mina Witkojc, Praxilla, William Ernest Henley, Nodar Dumbadze, and Abbasgulu Bakikhanov. After him are Uladzimir Karatkievich, Harold Robbins, Xu Zhimo, Polemon I of Pontus, Cornelis de Bruijn, and Cornelis Vreeswijk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, FM-2030 ranks 195. Before him are Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, John Barth, Pyotr Bolotnikov, Richie Ginther, Gholamreza Takhti, and José Águas. After him are Uladzimir Karatkievich, Gregory Corso, Veljo Tormis, Lazar Berman, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, and Jacques Tits. Among people deceased in 2000, FM-2030 ranks 98. Before him are Yehuda Amichai, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Ahmad Shamlou, Claire Trevor, Ursula Kuczynski, and José Águas. After him are Yevgeny Khrunov, Gisèle Freund, Bernhard Wicki, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, and Bruno Zevi.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, FM-2030 ranks 335 out of 1,019. Before him are Lambert Lombard (1505), Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500), Arnulf, Count of Holland (951), Firmin Lambot (1886), Prince Laurent of Belgium (1963), and Stradanus (1523). After him are Wim Mertens (1953), Hélène Dutrieu (1877), Sigebert of Gembloux (1030), Jacques Tits (1930), François de Cuvilliés (1695), and René Jacobs (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, FM-2030 ranks 19. Before him are Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), Jean Bolland (1596), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), William of Moerbeke (1215), and Hendrik Conscience (1812). After him are J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), Jean Ray (1887), Guido Gezelle (1830), Felix Timmermans (1886), and Daniël Heinsius (1580).

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