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Norman Smith

1923 - 2008

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Norman Smith (22 February 1923 – 3 March 2008) was an English musician, record producer and engineer. In the 1960s, he notably engineered all of the Beatles' EMI studio recordings up to the end of 1965 and produced three Pink Floyd albums including their first, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Smith has received more than 15,458 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Norman Smith is the 4,212th most popular writer (up from 4,321st in 2019), the 3,103rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,281st in 2019) and the 357th most popular British Writer.

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  • 15k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Norman Smith ranks 4,212 out of 5,755. Before him are Felix Dahn, John Gray, Ō no Yasumaro, Horst Bienek, Bei Dao, and Curt Siodmak. After him are Alain de Botton, Mary Stewart, Ciro Alegría, Catherine Millet, Fran Lebowitz, and Tanith Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Norman Smith ranks 263. Before him are Hrant Shahinyan, François Cavanna, Bülent Eken, William Guarnere, Richard Herrmann, and Ruth Williams Khama. After him are Inger Jacobsen, Eugene Sledge, Otar Korkia, Juan Arza, Netti Witziers-Timmer, and Thad Jones. Among people deceased in 2008, Norman Smith ranks 202. Before him are Janwillem van de Wetering, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Van Johnson, Brad Renfro, Odetta, and Levy Mwanawasa. After him are William Gibson, Ricardo Infante, Heinz Kwiatkowski, Rina Zaripova, Sarla Thakral, and Neil Aspinall.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman Smith ranks 3,103 out of 7,765. Before him are Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), Annabelle Wallis (1984), Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430), Antony Gormley (1950), and Edward Wilson (1872). After him are Jean Marsh (1934), Israel Regardie (1907), Mary Stewart (1916), Genesis P-Orridge (1950), Thomas Francis Wade (1818), and Ernest Starling (1866).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Norman Smith ranks 357. Before him are Pamela Colman Smith (1878), Ian Rankin (1960), Graham Hancock (1950), Maria Edgeworth (1768), Andrew Marvell (1621), and Anthony Hope (1863). After him are Mary Stewart (1916), Tanith Lee (1947), Christiane Amanpour (1958), Clare Hollingworth (1911), Robert Kerr (1755), and Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844).

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