1946 - Today
John R. Gribbin (born 19 March 1946) is a British science writer, an astrophysicist, and a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. His writings include quantum physics, human evolution, climate change, global warming, the origins of the universe, and biographies of famous scientists. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Gribbin has received more than 203,563 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. John Gribbin is the 5,854th most popular writer (down from 5,396th in 2019), the 5,220th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,056th in 2019) and the 592nd most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, John Gribbin ranks 5,854 out of 5,755. Before him are Fedor Samokhin, Mavis Gallant, R. S. Thomas, Shin Kyung-sook, Athol Fugard, and Ellen Glasgow. After him are Jill Abramson, E. Pauline Johnson, Hanya Yanagihara, Katie Couric, Bernardine Evaristo, and Hugh Blair.
1918 - 1992
HPI: 39.60
Rank: 5,848
1922 - 2014
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 5,849
1913 - 2000
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 5,850
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 5,851
1932 - Present
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 5,852
1873 - 1945
HPI: 39.51
Rank: 5,853
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 5,854
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 5,855
1861 - 1913
HPI: 39.47
Rank: 5,856
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 5,857
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 5,858
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 5,859
1718 - 1800
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 5,860
Among people born in 1946, John Gribbin ranks 645. Before him are Samuel E. Wright, Patrick Manning, Richard LeParmentier, Wiesław Rudkowski, Dennis Kucinich, and Ed Markey. After him are Humphrey Carpenter, Susan Saint James, Jim Webb, Im Shung-hwi, Sonny Perdue, and Kiril Ivkov.
1946 - 2021
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 639
1946 - 2016
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 640
1946 - 2013
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 641
1946 - 2016
HPI: 39.58
Rank: 642
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.56
Rank: 643
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 644
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 645
1946 - 2005
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 646
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 647
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 648
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 649
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 650
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 651
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gribbin ranks 5,220 out of 7,765. Before him are Francis Maitland Balfour (1851), R. S. Thomas (1913), Laurie Scott (1917), James Stephenson (1889), Derek Fowlds (1937), and John McEnery (1943). After him are Daniel Kaluuya (1989), Gary Speed (1969), Amanda Abbington (1974), Tanya Tate (1979), Craig David (1981), and Kenneth Clarke (1940).
1851 - 1882
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 5,214
1913 - 2000
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 5,215
1917 - 1999
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 5,216
1889 - 1941
HPI: 39.51
Rank: 5,217
1937 - 2020
HPI: 39.49
Rank: 5,218
1943 - 2019
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 5,219
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 5,220
1989 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 5,221
1969 - 2011
HPI: 39.47
Rank: 5,222
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 5,223
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 5,224
1981 - Present
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 5,225
1940 - Present
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 5,226
Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Gribbin ranks 592. Before him are Zadie Smith (1975), James Bowen (1979), George Peele (1556), Saunders Lewis (1893), Dannie Abse (1923), and R. S. Thomas (1913). After him are Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Hugh Blair (1718), Humphrey Carpenter (1946), Caryl Churchill (1938), Catherine Cookson (1906), and Rose Tremain (1943).
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 586
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 587
1556 - 1596
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 588
1893 - 1985
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 589
1923 - 2014
HPI: 39.63
Rank: 590
1913 - 2000
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 591
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 592
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 593
1718 - 1800
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 594
1946 - 2005
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 595
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 596
1906 - 1998
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 597
1943 - Present
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 598