WRITER
Peter Abrahams
1919 - 2017
Peter Abrahams
Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (3 March 1919 – 18 January 2017), commonly known as Peter Abrahams, was a South African-born novelist, journalist and political commentator who in 1956 settled in Jamaica, where he lived for the rest of his life. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Abrahams has received more than 170,521 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Peter Abrahams is the 1,493rd most popular writer (up from 1,710th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 33rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Writer.
Memorability Metrics
170k
Page Views (PV)
57.66
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
40
Languages Editions (L)
8.10
Effective Languages (L*)
2.86
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Notable Works
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Among WRITERS
Among writers, Peter Abrahams ranks 1,493 out of 5,755. Before him are Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, François de Malherbe, Georges Duhamel, Gampopa, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Gottfried von Strassburg. After him are Håkan Nesser, Michael Moorcock, Nicholas Sparks, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Raymond Roussel, and Li Qingzhao.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
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Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
1901 - 1979
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 1,487
François de Malherbe
1555 - 1628
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 1,488
Georges Duhamel
1884 - 1966
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 1,489
Gampopa
1079 - 1153
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 1,490
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
1826 - 1889
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 1,491
Gottfried von Strassburg
1180 - 1215
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 1,492
Peter Abrahams
1919 - 2017
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 1,493
Håkan Nesser
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 1,494
Michael Moorcock
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,495
Nicholas Sparks
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,496
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
1873 - 1936
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,497
Raymond Roussel
1877 - 1933
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,498
Li Qingzhao
1084 - 1155
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,499
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1919, Peter Abrahams ranks 67. Before him are René Barrientos, Ernst Barkmann, Bob Paisley, Valentino Mazzola, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, and Kiichi Miyazawa. After him are Wolfgang Wagner, Liberace, Maurice Herzog, Charles Sweeney, François Périer, and Merce Cunningham. Among people deceased in 2017, Peter Abrahams ranks 95. Before him are Kim Jong-nam, Paolo Villaggio, Tobe Hooper, Tomas Milian, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, and René Préval. After him are Bruce McCandless II, Bill Paxton, Yisrael Kristal, Azzedine Alaïa, Jannis Kounellis, and Magdalena Abakanowicz.
Others Born in 1919
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René Barrientos
1919 - 1969
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 61
Ernst Barkmann
1919 - 2009
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 62
Bob Paisley
1919 - 1996
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 63
Valentino Mazzola
1919 - 1949
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 64
Archduke Rudolf of Austria
1919 - 2010
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 65
Kiichi Miyazawa
1919 - 2007
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 66
Peter Abrahams
1919 - 2017
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 67
Wolfgang Wagner
1919 - 2010
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 68
Liberace
1919 - 1987
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 69
Maurice Herzog
1919 - 2012
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 70
Charles Sweeney
1919 - 2004
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 71
François Périer
1919 - 2002
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 72
Merce Cunningham
1919 - 2009
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 73
Others Deceased in 2017
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Kim Jong-nam
1971 - 2017
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 89
Paolo Villaggio
1932 - 2017
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 90
Tobe Hooper
1943 - 2017
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 91
Tomas Milian
1933 - 2017
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 92
Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
1934 - 2017
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 93
René Préval
1943 - 2017
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 94
Peter Abrahams
1919 - 2017
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 95
Bruce McCandless II
1937 - 2017
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 96
Bill Paxton
1955 - 2017
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 97
Yisrael Kristal
1903 - 2017
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 98
Azzedine Alaïa
1935 - 2017
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 99
Jannis Kounellis
1936 - 2017
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 100
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1930 - 2017
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 101
In South Africa
Among people born in South Africa, Peter Abrahams ranks 30 out of 374. Before him are Michael Levitt (1947), Steve Biko (1946), Jan Smuts (1870), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), Seymour Papert (1928), and D. F. Malan (1874). After him are Abba Eban (1915), Basil Rathbone (1892), Kgalema Motlanthe (1949), Kevin Carter (1960), André Brink (1935), and Arnold Vosloo (1962).
Others born in South Africa
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Michael Levitt
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 24
Steve Biko
1946 - 1977
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 25
Jan Smuts
1870 - 1950
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 26
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
1936 - 2018
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 27
Seymour Papert
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 28
D. F. Malan
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 29
Peter Abrahams
1919 - 2017
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 30
Abba Eban
1915 - 2002
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 31
Basil Rathbone
1892 - 1967
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 32
Kgalema Motlanthe
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 33
Kevin Carter
1960 - 1994
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 34
André Brink
1935 - 2015
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 35
Arnold Vosloo
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 36
Among WRITERS In South Africa
Among writers born in South Africa, Peter Abrahams ranks 4. Before him are J. R. R. Tolkien (1892), J. M. Coetzee (1940), and Nadine Gordimer (1923). After him are André Brink (1935), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Laurence Oliphant (1829), Ronald Harwood (1934), Laurens van der Post (1906), Deon Meyer (1958), Alan Paton (1903), and Ingrid Jonker (1933).
J. R. R. Tolkien
1892 - 1973
HPI: 88.02
Rank: 1
J. M. Coetzee
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 2
Nadine Gordimer
1923 - 2014
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 3
Peter Abrahams
1919 - 2017
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 4
André Brink
1935 - 2015
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 5
Breyten Breytenbach
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 6
Laurence Oliphant
1829 - 1888
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 7
Ronald Harwood
1934 - 2020
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 8
Laurens van der Post
1906 - 1996
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 9
Deon Meyer
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 10
Alan Paton
1903 - 1988
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 11
Ingrid Jonker
1933 - 1965
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 12
