1960 - Today
Sir Ian James Rankin (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer and philanthropist, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Rankin has received more than 1,383,477 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Ian Rankin is the 4,170th most popular writer (down from 3,667th in 2019), the 3,067th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,703rd in 2019) and the 352nd most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Ian Rankin ranks 4,170 out of 5,755. Before him are Georges Courteline, Pamela Colman Smith, Davit Guramishvili, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, and Simo Matavulj. After him are Norman Spinrad, Nicholas Pileggi, Konstantin Aksakov, Ludvík Vaculík, Graham Hancock, and Maria Edgeworth.
1858 - 1929
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 4,164
1878 - 1951
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 4,165
1705 - 1792
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 4,166
1897 - 1976
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 4,167
1834 - 1893
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 4,168
1852 - 1908
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 4,169
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 4,170
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 4,171
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 4,172
1817 - 1860
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 4,173
1926 - 2015
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 4,174
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 4,175
1768 - 1849
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 4,176
Among people born in 1960, Ian Rankin ranks 188. Before him are Micheál Martin, Annabella Sciorra, Neil Flynn, Lang Ping, Christophe Gans, and Rob Marshall. After him are Jon Huntsman Jr., Sally Yates, Mykelti Williamson, Hiam Abbass, Mikael Håfström, and Linford Christie.
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 182
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 183
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 184
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 185
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 186
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 187
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 188
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 189
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 190
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 191
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 192
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 193
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 194
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Rankin ranks 3,067 out of 7,765. Before him are Neil Murray (1950), Mary Norton (1903), Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), Matt Smith (1982), Chris Lowe (1959), and Pamela Colman Smith (1878). After him are Brian Hart (1936), Graham Hancock (1950), Roger Dean (1944), Maria Edgeworth (1768), Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957), and Martin Donnelly (1964).
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 3,061
1903 - 1992
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 3,062
1726 - 1799
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 3,063
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 3,064
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,065
1878 - 1951
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,066
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 3,067
1936 - 2014
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 3,068
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 3,069
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 3,070
1768 - 1849
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 3,071
1957 - 1993
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 3,072
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 3,073
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ian Rankin ranks 352. Before him are William Hazlitt (1778), Rosemary Sutcliff (1920), Donald Adamson (1939), Sarah Kane (1971), Mary Norton (1903), and Pamela Colman Smith (1878). After him are Graham Hancock (1950), Maria Edgeworth (1768), Andrew Marvell (1621), Anthony Hope (1863), Norman Smith (1923), and Mary Stewart (1916).
1778 - 1830
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 346
1920 - 1992
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 347
1939 - 2024
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 348
1971 - 1999
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 349
1903 - 1992
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 350
1878 - 1951
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 351
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 352
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 353
1768 - 1849
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 354
1621 - 1678
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 355
1863 - 1933
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 356
1923 - 2008
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 357
1916 - 2014
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 358