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James Herbert

1943 - 2013

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James John Herbert, OBE (8 April 1943 – 20 March 2013) was an English horror writer. A full-time writer, he also designed his own book covers and publicity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Herbert has received more than 688,684 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. James Herbert is the 5,287th most popular writer (down from 5,013th in 2019), the 4,245th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,273rd in 2019) and the 473rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Herbert ranks 5,287 out of 5,755. Before him are Mathias Énard, Jaroslav Kvapil, Jean-Paul Dubois, Takashi Tezuka, Iris Chang, and David Benioff. After him are Ğäliäsğar Kamal, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Philippa Pearce, Manuel Rivas, Árpád Tóth, and Olavi Paavolainen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, James Herbert ranks 507. Before him are Mick Abrahams, Richard Manuel, Liu Chao-shiuan, Pavel Lednyov, Vladimir Fedotov, and Lasse Holm. After him are Mike Ratledge, Morten Lauridsen, Hédi Annabi, Kiril Dojčinovski, Roger Kolo, and Jacques-Pierre Amette. Among people deceased in 2013, James Herbert ranks 366. Before him are Nicolae Martinescu, Aleksandar Kozlina, Mirja Hietamies, Andrei Panin, Luis Ubiña, and Bill Smith. After him are Nobuyuki Aihara, Donald Richie, Alberto Bevilacqua, Santiago Santamaría, Diomedes Díaz, and Tatyana Zaslavskaya.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Herbert ranks 4,245 out of 7,765. Before him are Richard Haydn (1905), Michael Crawford (1942), Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), Peter Osgood (1947), Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736), and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (1967). After him are Martin Fowler (1963), Keith Campbell (1954), Eamonn Walker (1962), Malcolm Sargent (1895), Clive Standen (1981), and Philippa Pearce (1920).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, James Herbert ranks 473. Before him are Ian McDonald (1960), Charles Mackay (1814), John Marston (1576), John of Worcester (1100), Thomas Traherne (1636), and George Borrow (1803). After him are Philippa Pearce (1920), Leigh Hunt (1784), David Mitchell (1969), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), David Garnett (1892), and Anthony Powell (1905).

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