EXPLORER

Freya Stark

1893 - 1993

Photo of Freya Stark

Icon of person Freya Stark

Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 – 9 May 1993) was a British-Italian explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan as well as several autobiographical works and essays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Freya Stark has received more than 402,448 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Freya Stark is the 286th most popular explorer (down from 253rd in 2019), the 3,261st most popular biography from France (down from 3,004th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Freya Stark ranks 286 out of 498. Before her are Annie Londonderry, Adolf Lüderitz, Charles Wilkes, Ada Blackjack, Wilfred Thesiger, and Otto Finsch. After her are Aleksei Chirikov, Henricus Martellus Germanus, Douglas Mawson, Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia, Eusebio Kino, and Edward Wilson.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Freya Stark ranks 142. Before her are Louise Weiss, Wilfred Owen, Edna Parker, Heinrich George, Fatima Jinnah, and Vicente Huidobro. After her are Vera Kholodnaya, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Bekir Çoban-zade, and Huey Long. Among people deceased in 1993, Freya Stark ranks 118. Before her are Elmar Klos, William Berger, Anšlavs Eglītis, Yulian Semyonov, Deke Slayton, and Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo. After her are Buddhadasa, Blaže Koneski, Wang Zhen, David Koresh, Melchior Ndadaye, and Stanley Myers.

Others Born in 1893

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1993

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Freya Stark ranks 3,261 out of 6,770. Before her are Jean-Luc Ponty (1942), Eustace I, Count of Boulogne (1010), Charles de Saint-Évremond (1613), Charles Floquet (1828), Thierry Breton (1955), and Niels Arestrup (1949). After her are Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855), Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942), Adrien Proust (1834), Guillaume Depardieu (1971), Michel Vautrot (1945), and Robert Cambert (1628).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Freya Stark ranks 29. Before her are Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), Nicolas Baudin (1754), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), Pierre Poivre (1719), and Francis Garnier (1839). After her are Louis de Freycinet (1779), Édouard-Alfred Martel (1859), Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755), Henri Duveyrier (1840), Étienne Brûlé (1592), and Jacques Labillardière (1755).

French born Explorers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous