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Joe Simpson

1960 - Today

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Joe Simpson (born 13 August 1960) is a British mountaineer, author, and motivational speaker. While climbing in Peru in 1985, he suffered severe injuries and was assumed dead by his climbing companion Simon Yates after falling into a crevasse, but he survived and managed to crawl back to his base camp. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Simpson has received more than 14,979 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Joe Simpson is the 45th most popular mountaineer (down from 39th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 36th in 2019) and the most popular Malaysian Mountaineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Joe Simpson ranks 45 out of 56. Before him are Denis Urubko, Bachendri Pal, Apa Sherpa, Oh Eun-sun, Edurne Pasaban, and Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner. After him are Ang Rita, Nirmal Purja, Alison Hargreaves, Dean Potter, David Lama, and Erik Weihenmayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Joe Simpson ranks 424. Before him are Guy Fletcher, Lee Archambault, Loïc Wacquant, Ján Figeľ, Scott Baio, and Kurt Sutter. After him are Inger Helene Nybråten, Avram Glazer, Franz Viehböck, Valentin Yordanov, Konstantin Volkov, and Djamel Menad.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Joe Simpson ranks 48 out of 90. Before him are Siti Nurhaliza (1979), Lee Chong Wei (1982), Francisco Mendes (1939), Sebastian Francis (1951), Anthony Soter Fernandez (1930), and Simon Russell Beale (1961). After him are Soh Chin Ann (1950), Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (1972), Michael Wong (1970), Irene Fernandez (1946), Tony Fernandes (1964), and Mazlan Othman (1951).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Malaysia

Among mountaineers born in Malaysia, Joe Simpson ranks 1. 

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