WRITER

Philip Pullman

1946 - Today

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Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer. His books include the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, a fictionalised biography of Jesus. In 2008, The Times named Pullman one of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Pullman has received more than 3,638,100 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Philip Pullman is the 872nd most popular writer (down from 813th in 2019), the 661st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 665th in 2019) and the 81st most popular British Writer.

Philip Pullman is most famous for his trilogy of novels, His Dark Materials.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philip Pullman ranks 872 out of 7,302. Before him are Wilkie Collins, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Zeami Motokiyo, Aubrey Beardsley, Nizar Qabbani, and Charles Nodier. After him are Gaius Lucilius, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, Bernhard Schlink, Wilbur Smith, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, and Viktor Shklovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Philip Pullman ranks 82. Before him are Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Lasse Hallström, Julian Barnes, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Xanana Gusmão, and Ahmed Zewail. After him are Marilyn vos Savant, Howard Shore, Brian Cox, Daniel Goleman, Ed O'Neill, and John Paul Jones.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philip Pullman ranks 661 out of 8,785. Before him are Wilkie Collins (1824), Ian Paice (1948), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), Patrick Blackett (1897), and Bernard Lewis (1916). After him are Desmond Llewelyn (1914), Karl Pearson (1857), Sean Bean (1959), John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), John Snow (1813), and Edgar Adrian (1889).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Philip Pullman ranks 81. Before him are John Bunyan (1628), Julian Barnes (1946), W. H. Auden (1907), Frederick Forsyth (1938), Wilkie Collins (1824), and Aubrey Beardsley (1872). After him are Ben Jonson (1572), Bruce Chatwin (1940), James May (1963), Ann Radcliffe (1764), Patrick White (1912), and Percy Fawcett (1867).

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