WRITER

Mohsin Hamid

1971 - Today

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Mohsin Hamid (Urdu: محسن حامد; born 23 July 1971) is a British Pakistani novelist, writer and brand consultant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohsin Hamid has received more than 658,623 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Mohsin Hamid is the 7,156th most popular writer (down from 6,423rd in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 159th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Pakistani Writer.

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  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mohsin Hamid ranks 7,156 out of 7,302Before him are Patrick McCabe, Ottessa Moshfegh, Pamela Geller, Elizabeth Edwards, Edward Kitsis, and James Frey. After him are Espido Freire, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chetan Bhagat, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Owen Gleiberman, and Hitomi Kanehara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Mohsin Hamid ranks 920Before him are Giancarlo Judica Cordiglia, Joe-Max Moore, Gerard van Velde, Cléber Chalá, Wílmer López, and Edward Kitsis. After him are Carlos Tejas, Rennae Stubbs, Kenichiro Tokura, Kim Graham, Ian Walker, and Aileen Quinn.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Mohsin Hamid ranks 177 out of 217Before him are Mukhtar Mai (1972), Chris Anderson (1957), Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (1978), Iman Vellani (2002), Shahid Afridi (1980), and Ajmal Kasab (1987). After him are Jahangir Khan (1963), Maryam Nawaz (1973), Fazlullah (1974), Inzamam-ul-Haq (1970), Ghazala Javed (1988), and Qandeel Baloch (1990).

Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Mohsin Hamid ranks 20Before him are Khushwant Singh (1915), Asma Barlas (1950), Bhisham Sahni (1915), Parveen Shakir (1952), Hamid Mir (1966), and Kamila Shamsie (1973). After him are Nadeem Aslam (1966), and Sabatina James (1982).