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Hanif Kureishi

English writer (born 1954)

1954 - today

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His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Hanif Kureishi is the 4,886th most popular writer (up from 5,647th in 2024), the 3,845th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,359th in 2019) and the 415th most popular British Writer.

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Hanif Kureishi's biography spans 30 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 56.02.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Hanif Kureishi ranks 4,886 out of 7,707. Before him are Kenjirō Tokutomi, Johan Borgen, Franciszek Karpiński, Akram Aylisli, Ronald Knox, and František Čelakovský. After him are José Eustasio Rivera, Bedros Tourian, Terenci Moix, Henrik Nordbrandt, Gabriel Aresti, and Wolfgang Koeppen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Hanif Kureishi ranks 337. Before him are Hideki Maeda, Hansi Hinterseer, Bob Rock, Ellen von Unwerth, Bill Joy, and Einar Már Guðmundsson. After him are Guy Kawasaki, Annette Haven, Jo Gartner, Jouko Törmänen, Tarak Dhiab, and Ken Stott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hanif Kureishi ranks 3,845 out of 9,870. Before him are Kenneth Cranham (1944), Rhona Mitra (1976), Dorothy Holman (1883), Gordon Haskell (1946), Ronald Knox (1888), and Patrick Moore (1923). After him are Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850), William Kirby (1759), Andy Bell (1970), John Hutton Balfour (1808), Phil Neal (1951), and Arthur Russell (1886).

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Among Writers In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Hanif Kureishi ranks 415. Before him are Michael Hirst (1952), Max Beerbohm (1872), Taylor Caldwell (1900), Roger Ascham (1515), Helen Fielding (1958), and Ronald Knox (1888). After him are Clare Hollingworth (1911), Lucy Hawking (1969), Peter Ackroyd (1949), Alex Garland (1970), Eva Crane (1912), and Anna Löwenstein (1951).

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