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Ian Rankin

1960 - Today

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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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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ian Rankin ranks 4,170 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Ian Rankin ranks 188Before 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Rankin ranks 3,067 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ian Rankin ranks 352Before 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).

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