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Daniel Tammet

1979 - Today

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Daniel Paul Tammet (born Daniel Paul Corney; 31 January 1979) is an English writer and savant. His memoir, Born on a Blue Day (2006), is about his early life with Asperger syndrome and savant syndrome, and was named a "Best Book for Young Adults" in 2008 by the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services magazine. Tammet's second book, Embracing the Wide Sky, was one of France's best-selling books of 2009. His third book, Thinking in Numbers, was published in 2012 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom and in 2013 by Little, Brown and Company in the United States and Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Tammet is the 5,499th most popular writer (down from 5,359th in 2019), the 4,424th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,067th in 2019) and the 477th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Daniel Tammet ranks 5,499 out of 7,302. Before him are Susan Blackmore, Nino Martoglio, Sara Paretsky, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Jonathan Stroud, and Pentti Saarikoski. After him are Lew Rockwell, Timrava, Eeva-Liisa Manner, Nathan Zach, Abraham Cowley, and José Carlos Somoza.

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Among people born in 1979, Daniel Tammet ranks 150. Before him are Sidney Govou, Steve Cooper, Débora Falabella, Nicolás Massú, Goichi Ishitani, and Christian Wilhelmsson. After him are James Bowen, David Pizarro, Sharman Joshi, Junichi Inamoto, Bérénice Marlohe, and Carly Colón.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Daniel Tammet ranks 4,425 out of 8,785. Before him are Carol Cleveland (1942), Celia Imrie (1952), Gerry Ashmore (1936), Edwin Long (1829), Susan Blackmore (1951), and Jonathan Stroud (1970). After him are William Yarrell (1784), Sophia Jex-Blake (1840), Ashley Young (1985), Albert Oldman (1883), Maxi Jazz (1957), and Abraham Cowley (1618).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Daniel Tammet ranks 477. Before him are M. R. James (1862), William Cobbett (1763), Sax Rohmer (1883), William Muir (1819), Susan Blackmore (1951), and Jonathan Stroud (1970). After him are Abraham Cowley (1618), James Bowen (1979), Joanne Harris (1964), William Tenn (1920), Val McDermid (1955), and Steven Moffat (1961).

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