WRITER

Richard Bach

1936 - Today

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Richard David Bach (born June 23, 1936) is an American writer. He has written numerous flight-related works of fiction and non-fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Bach has received more than 1,068,176 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Richard Bach is the 529th most popular writer (down from 448th in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from United States (down from 457th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Writer.

Richard Bach is most famous for his book, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, which tells the story of a seagull who is bored with his life and decides to explore the world.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Nothing by chance
1969
Illusions
1977
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1970
One
1988

Page views of Richard Baches by language

Over the past year Richard Bach has had the most page views in the with 124,222 views, followed by Spanish (50,144), and Russian (38,505). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (535.83%), Southern Azerbaijani (117.12%), and Galician (65.38%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Bach ranks 529 out of 7,302. Before him are Jostein Gaarder, Harold Pinter, Jean Paul, Imadaddin Nasimi, Pierre de Ronsard, and Kumārajīva. After him are José Martí, Tyrtaeus, Robert Walser, Franz Werfel, Jacob L. Moreno, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Richard Bach ranks 30. Before him are Uwe Seeler, Zubin Mehta, Virna Lisi, David Carradine, Michael Landon, and Ferid Murad. After him are Georges Perec, Roy Orbison, Aga Khan IV, Glen Campbell, Tariq Aziz, and Robert Woodrow Wilson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Bach ranks 544 out of 20,380. Before him are Martin Cooper (1928), Jeff Bridges (1949), Tobin Bell (1942), Janet Leigh (1927), Ernest Borgnine (1917), and Theodore William Richards (1868). After him are James B. Sumner (1887), Joseph McCarthy (1908), Raquel Welch (1940), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), Burt Young (1940), and Bob Beamon (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Richard Bach ranks 51. Before him are Patricia Highsmith (1921), George R. R. Martin (1948), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Tom Clancy (1947), Alvin Toffler (1928), and Tennessee Williams (1911). After him are Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), T. S. Eliot (1888), Sidney Sheldon (1917), William S. Burroughs (1914), James Baldwin (1924), and Allen Ginsberg (1926).

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