WRITER

James Bowen

1979 - Today

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James Anthony Bowen (born 15 March 1979) is an English author based in London. His memoirs A Street Cat Named Bob, The World According to Bob and A Gift from Bob, written with Garry Jenkins, were international best-sellers. A film based on the first two books was released in 2016 and a sequel was released in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Bowen has received more than 19,752 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). James Bowen is the 6,431st most popular writer (down from 5,819th in 2019), the 5,637th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,171st in 2019) and the 645th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 20k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Bowen ranks 6,431 out of 7,302. Before him are James Lipton, Ruth Graham, Samuel Daniel, Kate Mosse, Guzel Yakhina, and Gilles Leroy. After him are Daniel Handler, Dorji Wangmo, David Malouf, Helen Gurley Brown, Leyla Aliyeva, and Michel Faber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, James Bowen ranks 284. Before him are Vincent Kartheiser, Mirko Hrgović, Luke Harper, Nicki Hunter, Yvonne Catterfeld, and Bakary Gassama. After him are Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Rie Tanaka, Igor Duljaj, Lars Berger, Fabian Ernst, and François Sagat.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Bowen ranks 5,637 out of 8,785. Before him are Kate Mosse (1961), Shashi Tharoor (1956), Tim Henman (1974), Andy Fairweather Low (1948), Nathaniel Phillips (1997), and John Lombe (1693). After him are Madge Adam (1912), Michael Moran (1948), Kalvin Phillips (1995), Anna of East Anglia (null), Micah Richards (1988), and Neil Sloane (1939).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Bowen ranks 645. Before him are Thomas Percy (1729), Frances Wright (1795), Thomas Hood (1799), Anna Löwenstein (1951), Samuel Daniel (1562), and Kate Mosse (1961). After him are Ann Oakley (1944), Susan Bassnett (1945), Conn Iggulden (1971), Saunders Lewis (1893), David Seidler (1937), and John Suckling (1609).

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