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John Brunner

1934 - 1995

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John Kilian Houston Brunner (24 September 1934 – 25 August 1995) was a British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1969 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel and the BSFA Award the same year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Brunner has received more than 24,355 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. John Brunner is the 3,273rd most popular writer (down from 2,954th in 2019), the 2,364th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,218th in 2019) and the 269th most popular British Writer.

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  • 52.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Brunner ranks 3,273 out of 7,302. Before him are Ramón Chao, Sakya Pandita, Futabatei Shimei, Caesarius of Heisterbach, Julius Obsequens, and Curt von Bardeleben. After him are Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Duarte Barbosa, Mariano Azuela, Willa Cather, Joanna Chmielewska, and Wallace Stevens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, John Brunner ranks 225. Before him are Juraj Herz, Francisco J. Ayala, Richard Swinburne, Zilda Arns, Carmelo Simeone, and Jimmy Fontana. After him are Sven-Bertil Taube, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Abdullah Ibrahim, Enrique Collar, Ian Richardson, and Gyoji Matsumoto. Among people deceased in 1995, John Brunner ranks 144. Before him are Lev Polugaevsky, Gisela Mauermayer, Osvaldo Pugliese, Kukrit Pramoj, Burl Ives, and Oles Honchar. After him are Dany Robin, Vladimir Ivashov, Ashapurna Devi, Jesús Garay, Friz Freleng, and Jüri Järvet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Brunner ranks 2,364 out of 8,785. Before him are John Michell (1724), Derek Warwick (1954), Trevor Francis (1954), Abraham Darby I (1678), Kevin Ayers (1944), and Tony Cragg (1949). After him are George Dawe (1781), Robert Catesby (1573), Kelly Brook (1979), June Almeida (1930), Sarah Siddons (1755), and Jock Stein (1922).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Brunner ranks 269. Before him are Ephraim Chambers (1680), Hilary Mantel (1952), Ford Madox Ford (1873), Arnold Bennett (1867), Paul Johnson (1928), and Frances Burney (1752). After him are Peter Mayle (1939), Anna Sewell (1820), Arnold Wesker (1932), David Crystal (1941), John Ford (1586), and Vera Brittain (1893).

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