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George Monbiot

1963 - Today

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George Joshua Richard Monbiot ( MON-bee-oh; born 27 January 1963) is a British journalist, author, and environmental and political activist. He writes a regular column for The Guardian and has written several books. Monbiot grew up in Oxfordshire and studied zoology at the University of Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Monbiot has received more than 1,609,691 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). George Monbiot is the 6,873rd most popular writer (down from 6,297th in 2019), the 6,438th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,173rd in 2019) and the 719th most popular British Writer.

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  • 1.6M

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  • 45.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Monbiot ranks 6,873 out of 7,302Before him are Matt Haig, Brigitte Vasallo, Kathrin Schmidt, Scott Westerfeld, Roya Hakakian, and Valerie Plame. After him are Rubén Gallego, Petr Zelenka, Elizabeth Kostova, Dora Marsden, Rachel Cusk, and Peter Schiff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, George Monbiot ranks 760Before him are Silvio Martinello, Sonia Pierre, Monica Frassoni, Chris Ferguson, Scott Westerfeld, and Valerie Plame. After him are Susan Walters, Ramon Estevez, Gavin O'Connor, Hugh Dillon, Peter Schiff, and Michael Everson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Monbiot ranks 6,438 out of 8,785Before him are Sandy Turnbull (1884), Peter Thompson (1942), William Hewson (1739), Joey Batey (1989), Pete Shelley (1955), and Robert Green (1980). After him are Malcolm Rifkind (1946), Lustmord (1964), Poly Styrene (1957), David Miliband (1965), Christopher Malcolm (1946), and Siobhan Finneran (1966).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Monbiot ranks 719Before him are Hugh MacDiarmid (1892), John Mortimer (1923), Douglas Murray (1979), Laurie Lee (1914), Christopher Smart (1722), and Matt Haig (1975). After him are Dora Marsden (1882), Sara Ahmed (1969), Benjamin Jowett (1817), David Nicholls (1966), Heston Blumenthal (1966), and Tom Rob Smith (1979).