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Tony Buzan

1942 - 2019

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Anthony Peter "Tony" Buzan (; 2 June 1942 – 13 April 2019) was an English author and educational consultant. Buzan popularised the idea of mental literacy, radiant thinking, and a technique called mind mapping, inspired by techniques used by Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Joseph D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Buzan has received more than 490,725 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Buzan is the 817th most popular writer (down from 677th in 2019), the 619th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 540th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Writer.

Tony Buzan is most famous for his invention of the Mind Map. The Mind Map is a graphic representation of a person's thoughts and ideas.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tony Buzan ranks 817 out of 7,302. Before him are Dobrica Ćosić, John le Carré, Basava, Odysseas Elytis, Danilo Kiš, and Charles Maurras. After him are Jerome K. Jerome, Edgar Wallace, Ban Gu, Theodor Fontane, Ahmad Khani, and Neale Donald Walsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Tony Buzan ranks 69. Before him are Jacob Zuma, John Clauser, Sandro Mazzola, Felipe González, Giacomo Agostini, and Thabo Mbeki. After him are René Angélil, Carlos Reutemann, Gilberto Gil, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Emmerson Mnangagwa, and Vicente Fox. Among people deceased in 2019, Tony Buzan ranks 40. Before him are Andrea Camilleri, B. J. Habibie, Manfred Eigen, David J. Thouless, Claudine Auger, and Murray Gell-Mann. After him are Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Giya Kancheli, Lennart Johansson, Franco Columbu, Raymond Poulidor, and Kary Mullis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tony Buzan ranks 619 out of 8,785. Before him are Brian Epstein (1934), Robert II of Scotland (1316), Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), John le Carré (1931), Bryan Ferry (1945), and Eduard Suess (1831). After him are Tilda Swinton (1960), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Edgar Wallace (1875), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Chris Norman (1950), and Thomas Savery (1650).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Tony Buzan ranks 72. Before him are A. J. Cronin (1896), Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Eleanor Marx (1855), Thomas Hardy (1840), and John le Carré (1931). After him are Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Edgar Wallace (1875), John Bunyan (1628), Julian Barnes (1946), W. H. Auden (1907), and Frederick Forsyth (1938).

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