WRITER

Gregory David Roberts

1952 - Today

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Gregory David Roberts (born Gregory John Peter Smith; 1952) is an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory David Roberts has received more than 1,545,519 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gregory David Roberts is the 4,124th most popular writer (down from 3,761st in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Australia (down from 121st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Australian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gregory David Roberts ranks 4,124 out of 7,302. Before him are Ken Adam, Maximilian Harden, Peter Cheyney, Musa Anter, Robert Rozhdestvensky, and José Enrique Rodó. After him are Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, Jackie Collins, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Lyuben Karavelov, Helen Fielding, and Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Gregory David Roberts ranks 290. Before him are Cristóbal López Romero, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Wolfgang Rihm, Morgan Tsvangirai, Abel Braga, and Atsuyoshi Furuta. After him are Erick Avari, Muhtar Kent, Irina Allegrova, Kikki Danielsson, Valeri Tokarev, and Waldemar Victorino.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Gregory David Roberts ranks 144 out of 1,143. Before him are Peter Scully (1963), Radha Mitchell (1973), Tim Schenken (1943), John Winter (1924), Mick Doohan (1965), and Phillip Noyce (1950). After him are Yvonne Strahovski (1982), Snub Pollard (1889), Graham Arnold (1963), Richard Roxburgh (1962), Angela White (1985), and Costas Mandylor (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Gregory David Roberts ranks 14. Before him are Morris West (1916), James Aldridge (1918), Germaine Greer (1939), Banjo Paterson (1864), John Flanagan (1944), and Joan Lindsay (1896). After him are Peter Carey (1943), Greg Egan (1961), Trudi Canavan (1969), Joseph Jacobs (1854), Patricia Wrightson (1921), and Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920).

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