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Iain Pears

1955 - Today

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Iain George Pears (born 8 August 1955) is an English art historian, novelist and journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iain Pears has received more than 172,667 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Iain Pears is the 536th most popular historian (down from 431st in 2019), the 5,581st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,715th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Iain Pears by language

Over the past year Iain Pears has had the most page views in the with 19,668 views, followed by Russian (5,328), and French (3,657). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tagalog (153.80%), Egyptian Arabic (80.00%), and Belarusian (40.19%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Iain Pears ranks 536 out of 561. Before him are Jan Morris, Griselda Pollock, Elaine Pagels, John Komlos, Richard Bauckham, and Mary Ritter Beard. After him are Charles Oman, Richard Hofstadter, Warren Treadgold, Gábor Kósa, Francis Parkman, and Anthony Grafton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Iain Pears ranks 544. Before him are Silvio Leonard, Philippe Boisse, Andrew M. Allen, Diana Scarwid, Andrew Stevens, and Gregor Braun. After him are Marek Dziuba, Gerard Nijboer, Heribert Weber, Philippe Lafontaine, Steven M. Greer, and Klas Östergren.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Iain Pears ranks 5,581 out of 8,785. Before him are Barry Unsworth (1930), Peter Noone (1947), Mary Berry (1935), Passenger (1984), John Sell Cotman (1782), and Allan Cunningham (1791). After him are Tammy Abraham (1997), Antony Tudor (1908), Mason Mount (1999), Nigel Stepney (1958), Norman Whiteside (1965), and Julie Covington (1946).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Iain Pears ranks 72. Before him are David Abulafia (1949), Hugh N. Kennedy (1947), Edward Augustus Freeman (1823), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), Jan Morris (1926), and Richard Bauckham (1946). After him are Warren Treadgold (1949), Stephen Turnbull (1948), Peter Heather (1960), Adrian Goldsworthy (1969), Bettany Hughes (1968), and Michael Wood (1948).

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