WRITER

Irvine Welsh

1957 - Today

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Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958) is a Scottish novelist and short story writer. His 1993 novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irvine Welsh has received more than 2,276,198 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Irvine Welsh is the 2,856th most popular writer (down from 2,168th in 2019), the 2,104th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,687th in 2019) and the 235th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Irvine Welsh ranks 2,856 out of 7,302. Before him are William L. Shirer, Heinrich Vogeler, Mahasweta Devi, Phlegon of Tralles, Aleksander Fredro, and Carl Jonas Love Almqvist. After him are Leonid Leonov, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Dmitry Likhachov, Anne McCaffrey, Bernardo Dovizi, and Maurice Sendak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Irvine Welsh ranks 114. Before him are John Lee Ka-chiu, María Conchita Alonso, Steve Lukather, Nellie Kim, Peter Høeg, and Glenn Hoddle. After him are Stephen Dillane, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Nery Pumpido, Jaco Van Dormael, Bernie Mac, and Bruce Rauner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Irvine Welsh ranks 2,104 out of 8,785. Before him are William Smith (1790), James Edward Smith (1759), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), Glenn Hoddle (1957), and Frank Dicksee (1853). After him are Jane Digby (1807), James Connolly (1868), Anthony Horowitz (1955), Gregory Winter (1951), Barbara Steele (1937), and Miriam Margolyes (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Irvine Welsh ranks 235. Before him are Josephine Tey (1896), Marion Chesney (1936), James Herriot (1916), George Herbert (1593), John Webster (1578), and Joseph Delaney (1945). After him are Anthony Horowitz (1955), Michael Bond (1926), John Fletcher (1579), Walter Pater (1839), Dodie Smith (1896), and Jack Higgins (1929).

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