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Michael Bond

1926 - 2017

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Thomas Michael Bond (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017) was an English author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold around the world, and the characters have also appeared in a popular film series (featuring Paddington and Paddington 2 to date) and on television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Bond has received more than 1,005,359 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Michael Bond is the 2,955th most popular writer (down from 2,906th in 2019), the 2,221st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,189th in 2019) and the 255th most popular British Writer.

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  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Bond ranks 2,955 out of 5,755. Before him are William Robertson Smith, Peter Bieri, Gabriela Zapolska, Adrienne Rich, Yu Kil-chun, and Sebastian Franck. After him are Mihály Babits, Elia Levita, Jean-François Regnard, Alexandros Papadiamantis, Silvio Pellico, and Antiphanes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Michael Bond ranks 200. Before him are Peter Lax, James Samuel Coleman, Ladislav Adamec, Mickey Hargitay, José Alfredo Jiménez, and Sadegh Khalkhali. After him are Paul Janssen, Hans-Jochen Vogel, Nikita Simonyan, Robert Bly, Ray Brown, and Georgi Lozanov. Among people deceased in 2017, Michael Bond ranks 193. Before him are Roger Walkowiak, Michael Ballhaus, Federico Luppi, Marjorie Boulton, Shashi Kapoor, and Peter Berling. After him are Bengt Gustavsson, Maryam Mirzakhani, James Rosenquist, Robert M. Pirsig, Daphne Caruana Galizia, and Henning Jensen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Bond ranks 2,221 out of 7,765. Before him are Midge Ure (1953), Philip Stone (1924), Shakin' Stevens (1948), Andy Murray (1987), William Robertson Smith (1846), and John Hadley (1682). After him are J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), Caroline Graham (1931), John Brunner (1934), Samuel Clarke (1675), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), and Phil Taylor (1960).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Michael Bond ranks 255. Before him are Richard Baxter (1615), Marjorie Boulton (1924), Peter Mayle (1939), George Herbert (1593), J. B. Priestley (1894), and William Robertson Smith (1846). After him are Caroline Graham (1931), John Brunner (1934), Charles Lamb (1775), Nick Hornby (1957), Anthony Horowitz (1955), and William Smith (1813).

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