WRITER

Simon Kuper

1969 - Today

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Simon Kuper is a British, and naturalized French, author and journalist, best known for his work at the Financial Times and as a football writer. After studies at Oxford, Harvard University and the Technische Universität Berlin, Kuper started his career in journalism at the FT in 1994, where he today writes about a wide range of topics, such as politics, society, culture, sports and urban planning. He publishes a well-read column in the weekend edition FT Magazine and has twice been awarded the British Society of Magazine Editors' prize for Columnist of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Kuper has received more than 222,406 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Kuper is the 7,101st most popular writer (down from 6,242nd in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Uganda (down from 28th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ugandan Writer.

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  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Simon Kuper ranks 7,101 out of 7,302. Before him are Stephanie Savage, Mika Brzezinski, Charlotte Roche, Sophie Dahl, Laura Gallego García, and Rebecca Walker. After him are Inna Shevchenko, Mark Ravenhill, Park Yeon-mi, Elizabeth Hand, Tom Holland, and Amma Darko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Simon Kuper ranks 876. Before him are Stephanie Savage, Michelle Smith, Hugo Brizuela, Ander Garitano, Rebecca Walker, and Neelam Kothari. After him are Claudio Úbeda, Keisuke Makino, David Wheaton, Sandra Forgues, Horst Heldt, and Zainab Salbi.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Simon Kuper ranks 35 out of 55. Before him are Amama Mbabazi (1949), Irshad Manji (1968), Benedicto Kiwanuka (1922), Stephen Kiprotich (1989), Gita Ramjee (1956), and John Sentamu (1949). After him are Winnie Byanyima (1959), Davis Kamoga (1968), Phiona Mutesi (1996), Bobi Wine (1982), Vanessa Nakate (1996), and Ibrahim Sekagya (1980).

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Among WRITERS In Uganda

Among writers born in Uganda, Simon Kuper ranks 2. Before him are Irshad Manji (1968).

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