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John Arden

1930 - 2012

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John Arden (26 October 1930 – 28 March 2012) was an English playwright who at his death was lauded as "one of the most significant British playwrights of the late 1950s and early 60s". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Arden has received more than 109,596 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John Arden is the 5,820th most popular writer (down from 5,168th in 2019), the 5,152nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,570th in 2019) and the 579th most popular British Writer.

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  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Arden ranks 5,820 out of 5,755. Before him are Tana French, Max Hastings, William Wycherley, Carlton Cuse, Hanan al-Shaykh, and David McCullough. After him are John Burroughs, H. R. F. Keating, Dan Abnett, John Patrick Shanley, Jaime Bayly, and Brian Friel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, John Arden ranks 528. Before him are Olavi Mannonen, Richard A. Falk, Mary Costa, Robert Ashley, Greg Bell, and Aloysius Ambrozic. After him are Geeta Bali, Jim Nabors, Lynden Pindling, Norman Podhoretz, Annie Ross, and Edward Seaga. Among people deceased in 2012, John Arden ranks 411. Before him are Turhan Bey, Joe Paterno, Kitty Wells, Helen Gurley Brown, Arthur Jensen, and Mehdi Hassan. After him are Frederica Sagor Maas, Don Cornelius, Stephen Dunham, Alex Karras, Al Freeman Jr., and Milt Campbell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Arden ranks 5,152 out of 7,765. Before him are Daley Thompson (1958), Skandar Keynes (1991), Holmes Herbert (1882), David Robb (1947), Ronald Searle (1920), and Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924). After him are David Kelly (1944), Peter Christopherson (1955), Tulisa (1988), John Glascock (1951), H. R. F. Keating (1926), and Nora Stanton Barney (1883).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Arden ranks 579. Before him are Thomas Heywood (1574), Thomas Percy (1729), Angus Wilson (1913), Henry Vaughan (1621), Max Hastings (1945), and William Wycherley (1640). After him are H. R. F. Keating (1926), Dan Abnett (1965), Brian Friel (1929), Bernice Rubens (1923), Denise Levertov (1923), and William Collins (1721).

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