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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 506,577 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Greg Egan is the 4,789th most popular writer (down from 4,386th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Australia (down from 171st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Australian Writer.

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  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Greg Egan ranks 4,789 out of 5,755. Before him are Leonti Mroveli, Alexander Odoevsky, Nigella Lawson, Steven Pressfield, Nicolaas Beets, and Hulda Garborg. After him are Kathy Acker, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, David E. Kelley, Jakob van Hoddis, Françoise Mallet-Joris, and John Varley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Greg Egan ranks 222. Before him are Marc-André Hamelin, Jonathan Coe, Matjaž Kek, Abhijit Banerjee, Larry Mullen Jr., and Liu Gang. After him are Anna Oxa, Darren Star, John Stockwell, Hironobu Kageyama, Florent Pagny, and Juan Carlos Osorio.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Greg Egan ranks 197 out of 925. Before him are Jai Courtney (1986), John Russell (1858), Fred Schepisi (1939), Eliza Taylor (1989), David Chalmers (1966), and Mike Chapman (1947). After him are Ian Thorpe (1982), Betty Cuthbert (1938), David Malet Armstrong (1926), Bob Daisley (1950), Ken Kavanagh (1923), and Ken McGregor (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Greg Egan ranks 14. Before him are James Aldridge (1918), Morris West (1916), Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Annette Kellermann (1887), Gregory David Roberts (1952), and Peter Carey (1943). After him are Trudi Canavan (1969), Markus Zusak (1975), Patricia Wrightson (1921), Henry Lawson (1867), Robert Hughes (1938), and Banjo Paterson (1864).

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