1933 - 2015
Oliver Wolf Sacks, (9 July 1933 – 30 August 2015) was a neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and author. Born in Britain, and mostly educated there, he spent his career in the United States. He believed that the brain is the "most incredible thing in the universe". He became widely known for writing best-selling case histories about both his patients' and his own disorders and unusual experiences, with some of his books adapted for plays by major playwrights, feature films, animated short films, opera, dance, fine art, and musical works in the classical genre.After Sacks received his medical degree from The Queen's College, Oxford in 1960, he interned at Middlesex Hospital (now part of University College, London) before moving to the US. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Sacks has received more than 2,737,567 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Oliver Sacks is the 584th most popular writer (down from 580th in 2019), the 442nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 427th in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Oliver Sacks ranks 584 out of 5,794. Before him are Adam de la Halle, Walter Raleigh, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Walther von der Vogelweide, Edward Bernays, and Thomas Hardy. After him are Denis of Portugal, Eugene O'Neill, Aulus Gellius, Demetrius Vikelas, Alexander Herzen, and Vuk Karadžić.
1245 - 1288
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 578
1554 - 1618
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 579
1648 - 1695
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 580
1170 - 1230
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 581
1891 - 1995
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 582
1840 - 1928
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 583
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 584
1261 - 1325
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 585
1888 - 1953
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 586
123 - 180
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 587
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 588
1812 - 1870
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 589
1787 - 1864
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 590
Among people born in 1933, Oliver Sacks ranks 26. Before him are Francisco Gento, Susan Sontag, Arno Allan Penzias, Elinor Ostrom, Costa-Gavras, and Corazon Aquino. After him are Richard Rogers, Bernardo Provenzano, Gene Wilder, Paul Biya, Álvaro Siza Vieira, and John Barry. Among people deceased in 2015, Oliver Sacks ranks 25. Before him are Kim Young-sam, Maya Plisetskaya, Kenan Evren, Ulrich Beck, Otto Carius, and Richard von Weizsäcker. After him are Laura Antonelli, Manoel de Oliveira, Nicholas Winton, James Last, Colleen McCullough, and Eduardo Galeano.
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 20
1933 - 2004
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 21
1933 - Present
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 22
1933 - 2012
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 23
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 24
1933 - 2009
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 25
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 26
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 27
1933 - 2016
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 28
1933 - 2016
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 29
1933 - Present
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 30
1933 - Present
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 31
1933 - 2011
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 32
1927 - 2015
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 19
1925 - 2015
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 20
1917 - 2015
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 21
1944 - 2015
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 22
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 23
1920 - 2015
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 24
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 25
1941 - 2015
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 26
1908 - 2015
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 27
1909 - 2015
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 28
1929 - 2015
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 29
1937 - 2015
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 30
1940 - 2015
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 31
Among people born in United Kingdom, Oliver Sacks ranks 442 out of 6,924. Before him are James IV of Scotland (1473), Thomas Hardy (1840), Edgar the Peaceful (943), Erasmus Darwin (1731), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), and Sid Vicious (1957). After him are William Adams (1564), David Beckham (1975), Gary Moore (1952), Edward the Martyr (962), Charlie Watts (1941), and Henry Every (1659).
1473 - 1513
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 436
1840 - 1928
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 437
943 - 975
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 438
1731 - 1802
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 439
1861 - 1947
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 440
1957 - 1979
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 441
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 442
1564 - 1620
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 443
1975 - Present
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 444
1952 - 2011
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 445
962 - 978
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 446
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 447
1659 - 1699
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 448
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Oliver Sacks ranks 59. Before him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), Samuel Butler (1835), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Walter Raleigh (1554), and Thomas Hardy (1840). After him are Anthony Burgess (1917), John le Carré (1931), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Christopher Tolkien (1924), and Ben Jonson (1572).
1772 - 1834
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 53
1849 - 1924
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 54
1835 - 1902
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 55
1873 - 1912
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 56
1554 - 1618
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 57
1840 - 1928
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 58
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 59
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 60
1931 - 2020
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 61
1090 - 1155
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 62
1859 - 1927
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 63
1924 - 2020
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 64
1572 - 1637
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 65