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Howard Jacobson

1942 - Today

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Howard Eric Jacobson (born 25 August 1942) is a British novelist and journalist. He writes comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Jacobson has received more than 420,585 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Howard Jacobson is the 6,271st most popular writer (down from 5,454th in 2019), the 5,318th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,497th in 2019) and the 604th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Howard Jacobson ranks 6,271 out of 7,302Before him are Lauren Weisberger, Renata Viganò, Gita Mehta, Athol Fugard, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, and George Farquhar. After him are Mah Laqa Bai, Róža Domašcyna, Lloyd C. Douglas, Dorothy Wordsworth, Tillie Olsen, and Fareed Zakaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Howard Jacobson ranks 649Before him are Harry Chapin, Richard D. Wolff, Karen Hantze Susman, Alan Rachins, Bobbie Gentry, and Andrew Vachss. After him are Adrien Houngbédji, Donald E. Williams, Richard Myers, Ozren Bonačić, Antonio Munguía, and Samuel Ramey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Howard Jacobson ranks 5,318 out of 8,785Before him are John Bercow (1963), Valerie Davies (1912), Lucy Morton (1898), Ron Flockhart (1923), George Farquhar (1677), and Regé-Jean Page (1988). After him are Isabel Jeans (1891), Victoria Tennant (1950), Julie Driscoll Tippetts (1947), Jimmy McCulloch (1953), Dani Filth (1973), and Adam Ant (1954).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Howard Jacobson ranks 604Before him are Alfred Domett (1811), Thomas Heywood (1574), R. C. Sherriff (1896), Dorothy Richardson (1873), Derek Taylor (1932), and George Farquhar (1677). After him are Dorothy Wordsworth (1771), Caroline Norton (1808), Charlotte Smith (1749), Polly Samson (1962), Naomi Mitchison (1897), and Lascelles Abercrombie (1881).