1954 - 2013
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 2,179,079 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Iain Banks is the 3,584th most popular writer (down from 3,469th in 2019), the 2,647th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,574th in 2019) and the 305th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Iain Banks ranks 3,584 out of 5,755. Before him are Galaktion Tabidze, Cesar Millan, Jafar Jabbarly, Erik Gustaf Geijer, Françoise Giroud, and Johann Heinrich Voss. After him are Wipo of Burgundy, Claude Bourgelat, Friederike Mayröcker, Maurice de Guérin, Salomėja Nėris, and Joe Haldeman.
1891 - 1959
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,578
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,579
1899 - 1934
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,580
1783 - 1847
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,581
1916 - 2003
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,582
1751 - 1826
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,583
1954 - 2013
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,584
995 - 1048
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,585
1712 - 1779
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,586
1924 - 2021
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,587
1810 - 1839
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,588
1904 - 1945
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,589
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,590
Among people born in 1954, Iain Banks ranks 181. Before him are Eric Johnson, Anna Galiena, Philippe Alliot, David Paich, Christian Gross, and Malcolm Turnbull. After him are Han Zheng, Wang Jianlin, Vladimir Smirnov, Gabi Ashkenazi, Ricardo Bochini, and Kader Abdolah. Among people deceased in 2013, Iain Banks ranks 224. Before him are Donald Byrd, Sarah Kirsch, Aleksandr Serebrov, Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Jonathan Winters, and Henning Larsen. After him are Heinz Flohe, Emilio Pericoli, Ružica Sokić, Paolo Soleri, Enzo Jannacci, and Virginia E. Johnson.
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 175
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 176
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 177
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 178
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 179
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 180
1954 - 2013
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 181
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 182
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 183
1954 - 1982
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 184
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 185
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 186
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 187
1932 - 2013
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 218
1935 - 2013
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 219
1944 - 2013
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 220
1926 - 2013
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 221
1925 - 2013
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 222
1925 - 2013
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 223
1954 - 2013
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 224
1948 - 2013
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 225
1928 - 2013
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 226
1934 - 2013
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 227
1919 - 2013
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 228
1935 - 2013
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 229
1925 - 2013
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 230
Among people born in United Kingdom, Iain Banks ranks 2,647 out of 7,765. Before him are Geoffrey Hinton (1947), John Lilburne (1614), Philip Jackson (1948), John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), Charli XCX (1992), and Johann von Lamont (1805). After him are Patrick Doyle (1953), Arthur Russell (1886), Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1672), Reginald Punnett (1875), Minnie Driver (1970), and Charles Warren (1840).
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 2,641
1614 - 1657
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 2,642
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 2,643
1822 - 1883
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 2,644
1992 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 2,645
1805 - 1879
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 2,646
1954 - 2013
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 2,647
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 2,648
1886 - 1972
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 2,649
1672 - 1723
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 2,650
1875 - 1967
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 2,651
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 2,652
1840 - 1927
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 2,653
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Iain Banks ranks 305. Before him are Paul Johnson (1928), John Winthrop (1588), Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Frances Burney (1752), Andrew Lang (1844), and Anita Brookner (1928). After him are John Henry Mackay (1864), I. A. Richards (1893), Mary Sidney (1561), Radclyffe Hall (1880), Hilary Mantel (1952), and Georgette Heyer (1902).
1928 - 2023
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 299
1588 - 1649
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 300
1843 - 1932
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 301
1752 - 1840
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 302
1844 - 1912
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 303
1928 - 2016
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 304
1954 - 2013
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 305
1864 - 1933
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 306
1893 - 1979
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 307
1561 - 1621
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 308
1880 - 1943
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 309
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 310
1902 - 1974
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 311