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Robert Fisk

1946 - 2020

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Robert William Fisk (12 July 1946 – 30 October 2020) was an English writer and journalist. He was critical of United States foreign policy in the Middle East, and the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians. As an international correspondent, he covered the civil wars in Lebanon, Algeria, and Syria, the Iran–Iraq conflict, the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Islamic revolution in Iran, Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, and the U.S. invasion, and occupation of Iraq. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Fisk has received more than 1,037,448 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Robert Fisk is the 3,678th most popular writer (down from 2,464th in 2019), the 2,699th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,872nd in 2019) and the 312th most popular British Writer.

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  • 49.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Fisk ranks 3,678 out of 5,755. Before him are Alexandru Macedonski, E. B. White, Mordecai Richler, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Fernán Caballero, and Karel Teige. After him are Petko Slaveykov, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Gillian Rubinstein, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Konstantin Fedin, and Tadeusz Konwicki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Robert Fisk ranks 333. Before him are Lesley Ann Warren, Andrew Davis, Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Nicola Piovani, Martin Barre, and Colin Burgess. After him are Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Hanan Ashrawi, Jürgen Croy, Richard Carpenter, Yaroslav Yevdokimov, and Gerrie Mühren. Among people deceased in 2020, Robert Fisk ranks 279. Before him are Norma Cappagli, Hamed Karoui, Enrique Irazoqui, Alexi Laiho, Taryn Power, and Carlo Ubbiali. After him are Jerry Sloan, Bernard Stiegler, Sonja Edström, Paul Goma, Hédi Baccouche, and Karin Lindberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Fisk ranks 2,699 out of 7,765. Before him are Martin Barre (1946), Freddie Jones (1927), E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), Elizabeth Fry (1780), Naveen Andrews (1969), and Anna Russell (1807). After him are Edward Fortunatus (1565), Thandie Newton (1972), Gillian Rubinstein (1942), Arthur Ransome (1884), Elaine Paige (1948), and Patrick Manson (1844).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Fisk ranks 312. Before him are John Henry Mackay (1864), I. A. Richards (1893), Mary Sidney (1561), Radclyffe Hall (1880), Hilary Mantel (1952), and Georgette Heyer (1902). After him are Gillian Rubinstein (1942), Arthur Ransome (1884), John Osborne (1929), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), and Beryl Markham (1902).

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