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Iain Banks

1954 - 2013

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Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, adding the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies ( ). After the success of The Wasp Factory (1984), he began to write full time. His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas, appeared in 1987, marking the start of the Culture series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iain Banks has received more than 2,384,933 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Iain Banks is the 3,785th most popular writer (down from 3,571st in 2019), the 2,685th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,641st in 2019) and the 306th most popular British Writer.

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  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Iain Banks ranks 3,785 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles Simon Favart, Gloria Vanderbilt, Alf Prøysen, Hovhannes Shiraz, Amado Nervo, and Charles Grandison Finney. After him are Lise Nørgaard, Johannes Bobrowski, Gordon R. Dickson, Viveca Sten, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, and Walter Kempowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Iain Banks ranks 216. Before him are Jan Theuninck, Alice Krige, Joseph Ngute, Paul Rusesabagina, Susumu Hirasawa, and Hideki Maeda. After him are Karl-Heinz Körbel, Mahmoud El Khatib, Seka, Roddy Piper, Bruno Coulais, and Abdullah al-Thani. Among people deceased in 2013, Iain Banks ranks 241. Before him are Zdeněk Zikán, Hiroshi Nakajima, Gerda Lerner, John Tavener, Cayetano Ré, and Robert N. Bellah. After him are José Faria, Ladislav Pavlovič, Walter De Maria, Ted Post, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, and Hasse Jeppson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Iain Banks ranks 2,685 out of 8,785. Before him are Hugh Latimer (1485), Mark Addy (1964), James Guillaume (1844), Ken Aston (1915), Rachel Ward (1957), and Johnny Haynes (1934). After him are Biff Byford (1951), William Knox D'Arcy (1849), Venetia Burney (1918), Arthur Brown (1942), John Florio (1553), and Glen Matlock (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Iain Banks ranks 306. Before him are Constance Lloyd (1858), Georgette Heyer (1902), Ian Rankin (1960), Rupert Brooke (1887), Nick Hornby (1957), and Mary Renault (1905). After him are Israel Zangwill (1864), Eric Ambler (1909), Richard Hammond (1969), Francis Beaumont (1584), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), and Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915).

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