WRITER

Greg Egan

1961 - Today

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Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Greg Egan has received more than 595,460 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Greg Egan is the 4,941st most popular writer (down from 4,763rd in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Australia (down from 197th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Australian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Greg Egan ranks 4,941 out of 7,302. Before him are Eyvindr skáldaspillir, Sahir Ludhianvi, Albert Londres, Anna Maria Lenngren, Francis Bebey, and José Eduardo Agualusa. After him are Régine Deforges, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, Iakob Tsurtaveli, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Amelia Edwards, and Giovanni Berchet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Greg Egan ranks 250. Before him are Anders Järryd, Florent Pagny, Jonathan Coe, Zoran Tegeltija, Mark Phillips, and Paul McCrane. After him are Dana Reeve, Jörg Meuthen, Ann Linde, Mariel Hemingway, Bill de Blasio, and Jesper Olsen.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Greg Egan ranks 206 out of 1,143. Before him are Norma Croker (1934), Shirley Strickland (1925), John Seale (1942), Gerald Patterson (1895), Scott Morrison (1968), and Arthur Benjamin (1893). After him are John Russell (1858), Lleyton Hewitt (1981), Phoebe Tonkin (1989), Quentin Bryce (1942), Emilie de Ravin (1981), and Mia Wasikowska (1989).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Greg Egan ranks 16. Before him are Germaine Greer (1939), Banjo Paterson (1864), John Flanagan (1944), Joan Lindsay (1896), Gregory David Roberts (1952), and Peter Carey (1943). After him are Trudi Canavan (1969), Joseph Jacobs (1854), Patricia Wrightson (1921), Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920), Markus Zusak (1975), and Henry Lawson (1867).

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