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Paul Johnson

1928 - 2023

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Paul Bede Johnson (2 November 1928 – 12 January 2023) was an English journalist, popular historian, speechwriter and author. Although associated with the political left in his early career, he became a popular conservative historian. Johnson was educated at the Jesuit independent school Stonyhurst College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Johnson has received more than 65,997 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Paul Johnson is the 3,488th most popular writer (down from 3,471st in 2019), the 2,580th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,575th in 2019) and the 299th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 66k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Johnson ranks 3,488 out of 5,755. Before him are Abu Ali Bal'ami, Carl Bernstein, Koriun, Grigol Abashidze, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, and Ammonius of Alexandria. After him are Giuseppe Parini, Pelagonius, Berdi Kerbabayev, Herman Wouk, Luigi Capuana, and Brendan Behan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Paul Johnson ranks 275. Before him are Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Umberto Maglioli, Julien Guiomar, Pierre Schoendoerffer, Leon Fleisher, and Estelle Harris. After him are José Bonaparte, Peter Shirayanagi, Natalie Zemon Davis, Sergey Kapitsa, Anita Brookner, and Milka Babović. Among people deceased in 2023, Paul Johnson ranks 178. Before him are Terry Funk, Suzanne Somers, Robbie Robertson, Martin Amis, Lance Reddick, and David Albahari. After him are Natalie Zemon Davis, Ita Ever, Duško Gojković, Richard Belzer, Paul Reubens, and Nadja Tiller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Johnson ranks 2,580 out of 7,765. Before him are Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), Thomas Fairfax (1612), Ida of Bernicia (450), Siân Phillips (1933), Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (1987), and Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831). After him are Richard Lydekker (1849), David Seaman (1963), Thomas Telford (1757), Alan Baddeley (1934), Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), and Olivia Williams (1968).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Paul Johnson ranks 299. Before him are Martin Amis (1949), Israel Zangwill (1864), Sue Townsend (1946), John Aubrey (1626), Siegfried Sassoon (1886), and Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810). After him are John Winthrop (1588), Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Frances Burney (1752), Andrew Lang (1844), Anita Brookner (1928), and Iain Banks (1954).

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