1963 - Today
Yann Martel, (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize–winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of the New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists. Life of Pi was adapted for a movie directed by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars including Best Director and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.Martel is also the author of the novels The High Mountains of Portugal, Beatrice and Virgil, and Self, the collection of stories The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and a collection of letters to Canada's Prime Minister 101 Letters to a Prime Minister. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yann Martel has received more than 1,342,473 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Yann Martel is the 4,453rd most popular writer (down from 4,169th in 2019), the 1,323rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,225th in 2019) and the 166th most popular Spanish Writer.
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Among writers, Yann Martel ranks 4,453 out of 5,755. Before him are Irving Wallace, Keri Hulme, Christopher Priest, Hilde Domin, Marilyn French, and René Depestre. After him are Zaharia Stancu, Willem Elsschot, Émile Souvestre, James Dashner, Alfredo Zitarrosa, and Eliška Krásnohorská.
1916 - 1990
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,447
1947 - 2021
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,448
1943 - 2024
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,449
1909 - 2006
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 4,450
1929 - 2009
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,451
1926 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,452
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,453
1902 - 1974
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,454
1882 - 1960
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 4,455
1806 - 1854
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 4,456
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,457
1936 - 1989
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,458
1847 - 1926
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,459
Among people born in 1963, Yann Martel ranks 228. Before him are Brendan Coyle, Dylan Walsh, Edie Falco, Mark Hughes, Alessandro Safina, and Neerja Bhanot. After him are Dario Marianelli, Lajos Détári, Jon Turteltaub, Florence Parly, Michael McElhatton, and Anders Frisk.
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 222
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 223
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 224
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 225
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 226
1963 - 1986
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 227
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 228
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 229
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 230
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 231
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 232
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 233
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 234
Among people born in Spain, Yann Martel ranks 1,323 out of 2,932. Before him are Josep Maria Mauri (1941), Ramón Encinas (1893), Antonia San Juan (1961), Iago Aspas (1987), Mariano García Remón (1950), and Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (1907). After him are Carlos Amigo Vallejo (1934), José Manuel García-Margallo (1944), Carmen de Burgos (1867), Iván de la Peña (1976), Miguel Ángel Moratinos (1951), and José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán (1944).
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 1,317
1893 - 1967
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 1,318
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 1,319
1987 - Present
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 1,320
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 1,321
1907 - 1994
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 1,322
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 1,323
1934 - 2022
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 1,324
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 1,325
1867 - 1932
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 1,326
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 1,327
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 1,328
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 1,329
Among writers born in Spain, Yann Martel ranks 166. Before him are Rosa Montero (1951), Rosa Sensat (1873), Carolina Coronado (1820), María Teresa León (1903), Rosa Chacel (1898), and Eduardo Pondal (1835). After him are Carmen de Burgos (1867), Ramón J. Sender (1901), Ángel Ganivet (1865), Enric Valor i Vives (1911), Javier Cercas (1962), and Juan de la Cueva (1543).
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 160
1873 - 1961
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 161
1820 - 1911
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 162
1903 - 1988
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 163
1898 - 1994
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 164
1835 - 1917
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 165
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 166
1867 - 1932
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 167
1901 - 1982
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 168
1865 - 1898
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 169
1911 - 2000
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 170
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 171
1543 - 1612
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 172