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Saroo Brierley

1981 - Today

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Saroo Brierley (born c. 1981) is an Indian-born Australian businessman and author who, at the age of five, was accidentally separated from his biological family. He was adopted out of India by an Australian couple but was reunited with his original family 25 years later after finding his hometown via Google Earth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saroo Brierley has received more than 6,215,889 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Saroo Brierley is the 6,141st most popular writer (down from 5,291st in 2019), the 892nd most popular biography from India (down from 728th in 2019) and the 108th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 6.2M

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  • 36.19

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Saroo Brierley ranks 6,141 out of 5,755. Before him are Robert C. Cooper, Calixthe Beyala, Waleed Al-Husseini, Ed Greenwood, Patrick Ness, and Allen Tate. After him are William Kamkwamba, Geoff Johns, Anne Waldman, Sherin Khankan, Jérôme Ferrari, and John Stossel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Saroo Brierley ranks 383. Before him are Ray J, Peter Odemwingie, Santiago Salcedo, Pascal Feindouno, Maurício Rua, and Murilo Endres. After him are Jasmine Trinca, Ariza Makukula, Vittoria Puccini, Andrea Dossena, Yumi Adachi, and Scott Mechlowicz.

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In India

Among people born in India, Saroo Brierley ranks 892 out of 1,493. Before him are Akhilesh Yadav (1973), Zubeida (1911), Leo Amery (1873), Arbaaz Khan (1967), Ruby Myers (1907), and B. R. Chopra (1914). After him are Silk Smitha (1960), S. Jaishankar (1955), Arijit Singh (1987), Raja Rao (1908), Gautam Adani (1962), and Reema Lagoo (1958).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Saroo Brierley ranks 108. Before him are Vikram Seth (1952), Ram Swarup (1920), Nayantara Sahgal (1927), Rahat Indori (1950), Rohinton Mistry (1952), and Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944). After him are Raja Rao (1908), Kiran Desai (1971), Sarojini Sahoo (1956), Rupi Kaur (1992), Shobhaa De (1948), and Aravind Adiga (1974).

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