WRITER

Simon Sebag Montefiore

1965 - Today

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Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore (; born 27 June 1965) is a British historian, television presenter and author of popular history books and novels, including Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (2003), Jerusalem: The Biography (2011), The Romanovs 1613–1918 (2016), and The World: A Family History of Humanity (2022). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Sebag Montefiore has received more than 1,286,021 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Simon Sebag Montefiore is the 5,811th most popular writer (down from 5,608th in 2019), the 4,572nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,769th in 2019) and the 516th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Jerusalem
2011
Young Stalin
Biography, Childhood and youth, Heads of state
2007
Speeches That Changed the World
2006
Stalin
2004
My Affair with Stalin
Fiction, Organizational sociology
1997

Page views of Simon Sebag Montefiores by language

Over the past year Simon Sebag Montefiore has had the most page views in the with 233,901 views, followed by German (17,780), and Russian (10,130). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (160.08%), German (127.16%), and Georgian (103.54%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Simon Sebag Montefiore ranks 5,811 out of 7,302. Before him are Walter de la Mare, Édouard Pailleron, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Caterina Davinio, John Masefield, and Gaspar Núñez de Arce. After him are Sarah Orne Jewett, Arantxa Urretabizkaia, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Vítězslav Hálek, and Vigdis Hjorth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Simon Sebag Montefiore ranks 325. Before him are Richard K. Morgan, John van Loen, Dorin Mateuț, Catherine Fulop, Cyrille Makanaky, and Wayne Static. After him are Claudia Koll, Anvar Ibragimov, Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Luc Alphand, Toumani Diabaté, and Debi Diamond.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Sebag Montefiore ranks 4,572 out of 8,785. Before him are Scott Carson (1985), Emlyn Hughes (1947), Alan Kennedy (1954), Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591), Mischa Barton (1986), and John Masefield (1878). After him are David Robb (1947), Peter McParland (1934), Allan Warren (1948), Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871), Ron Greenwood (1921), and J. J. C. Smart (1920).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Simon Sebag Montefiore ranks 516. Before him are Jhumpa Lahiri (1967), Robert Edmond Grant (1793), Richard K. Morgan (1965), James Herbert (1943), Walter de la Mare (1873), and John Masefield (1878). After him are Thomas Linacre (1460), Thomas Campbell (1777), John of Worcester (1100), Arthur Symons (1865), Charles Mackay (1814), and Malcolm Bradbury (1932).

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