WRITER

John Osborne

1929 - 1994

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John James Osborne (12 December 1929 – 24 December 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor, and entrepreneur. Born in London, he briefly worked as a journalist before starting out in theatre as a stage manager and actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Osborne has received more than 1,172,383 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). John Osborne is the 3,416th most popular writer (up from 3,675th in 2019), the 2,449th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,699th in 2019) and the 281st most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Inadmissible evidence
1965
Dental mechanics for students
Artificial Teeth, Dental Prosthesis, Dental materials
1939
The entertainer
Théâtre (Genre littéraire), Théâtre anglais
1957
Look Back in Anger
Plays, English drama
Osborne led the surge of the 'angry young men' with this play about a disaffected young man railing against what he sees as the sterility of middle class married life in post-war Britain.
1957
Luther
Drama, Reformation, Plays
1961
Ibsen
Translations into English
1960

Page views of John Osbornes by language

Over the past year John Osborne has had the most page views in the with 142,581 views, followed by Italian (6,730), and German (5,533). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (271.82%), Japanese (161.20%), and Afrikaans (70.42%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Osborne ranks 3,416 out of 7,302. Before him are Lev Nussimbaum, David Eddings, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, J. B. Priestley, Kafū Nagai, and Joyce Meyer. After him are John Evelyn, Corrie ten Boom, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Giovanni della Casa, Gʻafur Gʻulom, and Juana de Ibarbourou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, John Osborne ranks 246. Before him are Yves Lacoste, Lyudmila Zykina, Leila Abashidze, Ulla Jacobsson, Franca Rame, and Gérard de Villiers. After him are Toshiko Akiyoshi, Yuri Artsutanov, June Squibb, Jürgen Ehlers, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, and István Kertész. Among people deceased in 1994, John Osborne ranks 168. Before him are Oldřich Černík, Nick Cravat, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Bassel al-Assad, Mildred Natwick, and Rossano Brazzi. After him are Madeleine Renaud, Abdullah al-Sallal, Patrick O'Neal, Kurt Aland, Paul Grimault, and Dmitri Ivanenko.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Osborne ranks 2,449 out of 8,785. Before him are John Shrapnel (1942), Sidney Smith (1764), Grace Elliott (1754), J. B. Priestley (1894), Ray Clemence (1948), and Auguste Couder (1789). After him are John Evelyn (1620), Richard Robarts (1944), Egon Pearson (1895), Midge Ure (1953), Ernest Marsden (1889), and Kiki Dee (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Osborne ranks 281. Before him are Vera Brittain (1893), William Hope Hodgson (1877), Charles Lamb (1775), John Henry Mackay (1864), Grace Elliott (1754), and J. B. Priestley (1894). After him are John Evelyn (1620), Robert Kerr (1755), David C. H. Austin (1926), Andrew Lang (1844), William Cowper (1731), and Henri Alleg (1921).

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