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John Flanagan

1944 - Today

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John Anthony Flanagan (born 22 May 1944) is an Australian fantasy author best known for his medieval fantasy series, the Ranger's Apprentice series, and its sister series, the Brotherband Chronicles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Flanagan has received more than 35,166 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Flanagan is the 3,674th most popular writer (down from 2,184th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Australia (down from 69th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Australian Writer.

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  • 35k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Flanagan ranks 3,674 out of 7,302. Before him are Philoxenus of Cythera, Marko Kropyvnytskyi, Athenaeus Mechanicus, Alexander Bestuzhev, Robert Jungk, and Duchess Agnes of Württemberg. After him are Helen Churchill Candee, Gyula Krúdy, Gaston Rébuffat, William Robertson Smith, Milán Füst, and René Huyghe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, John Flanagan ranks 362. Before him are Miruts Yifter, Carlos Pachamé, Daniel Duval, William Christie, Jan de Vries, and Kićo Slabinac. After him are Jean-Pierre Ricard, Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, Enrique Barón Crespo, Manuela Carmena, Marvin Hamlisch, and Kay Ivey.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Flanagan ranks 125 out of 1,143. Before him are Ken McGregor (1929), Tony Roche (1945), Robert Menzies (1894), Daevid Allen (1938), Don Bradman (1908), and Mark Webber (1976). After him are John Farrow (1904), Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), John Williams (1941), Raewyn Connell (1944), Yagan (1800), and Albert Namatjira (1902).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, John Flanagan ranks 12. Before him are Annette Kellermann (1887), Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Morris West (1916), James Aldridge (1918), Germaine Greer (1939), and Banjo Paterson (1864). After him are Joan Lindsay (1896), Gregory David Roberts (1952), Peter Carey (1943), Greg Egan (1961), Trudi Canavan (1969), and Joseph Jacobs (1854).

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