WRITER

Roddy Doyle

1958 - Today

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Roderick Doyle (born 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roddy Doyle has received more than 759,852 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Roddy Doyle is the 6,317th most popular writer (down from 5,653rd in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 310th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Irish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roddy Doyle ranks 6,317 out of 7,302. Before him are Brian Moore, Alastair Reynolds, Dick King-Smith, Sandra Cisneros, Bill Bright, and Kari Hotakainen. After him are Sándor Csoóri, Christina Hoff Sommers, Victor Shenderovich, Thomas Warton, Andrew Davies, and Wolf Blitzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Roddy Doyle ranks 518. Before him are Maciej Płażyński, Bill Watterson, Juninho Fonseca, Drew Carey, Masakuni Yamamoto, and Etienne De Wilde. After him are Victor Shenderovich, Barbara Crampton, Tom Thibodeau, Roberts Zīle, Abu Hamza al-Masri, and John Herrington.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Roddy Doyle ranks 334 out of 549. Before him are Edward Barrett (1877), Jack Gleeson (1992), Siobhan Fahey (1958), William Hobson (1792), Shane Filan (1979), and Damien Duff (1979). After him are Andrea Corr (1974), William J. Duane (1780), Seán Lemass (1899), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), Frances Power Cobbe (1822), and Patricia Collinge (1892).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Roddy Doyle ranks 46. Before him are Colum McCann (1965), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Frank Harris (1856), and Nahum Tate (1652). After him are Frances Power Cobbe (1822), Terence MacSwiney (1879), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Marian Keyes (1963), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), and James Mason (1849).

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