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Alan Dean Foster

1946 - Today

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Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Dean Foster has received more than 997,644 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Dean Foster is the 5,109th most popular writer (down from 4,514th in 2019), the 7,259th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,353rd in 2019) and the 571st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alan Dean Foster ranks 5,109 out of 7,302. Before him are Nino Martoglio, George Borrow, Alexander Kazantsev, Heinrich Zschokke, Kjartan Fløgstad, and Kiki Dimoula. After him are Rafael Cadenas, György Faludy, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Jack Finney, Takeshi Shudo, and Anton Buttigieg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Alan Dean Foster ranks 534. Before him are Ali Parvin, Peter Lorimer, Juan Amat, Lyudmila Pakhomova, Ángel Bargas, and René Pijnen. After him are Larry Graham, Abdul Qadir Bajamal, Oscar Más, Charles Asati, Mark Snow, and Alun Armstrong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Dean Foster ranks 7,259 out of 20,380. Before him are Diamanda Galás (1955), Garret Dillahunt (1964), Marco Beltrami (1966), Buddy Hackett (1924), Ellsworth Huntington (1876), and Joyce Van Patten (1934). After him are Jimmy Kimmel (1967), Vic Damone (1928), Oscar Pettiford (1922), Clyfford Still (1904), Paul R. Ehrlich (1932), and Jack Finney (1911).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alan Dean Foster ranks 571. Before him are Frank O'Hara (1926), Michael Cristofer (1945), Stephen Hunter (1946), Elaine May (1932), David Belasco (1853), and John O'Hara (1905). After him are Jack Finney (1911), Frank Norris (1870), Joel Chandler Harris (1848), Warren Farrell (1943), Patrick Rothfuss (1973), and Louella Parsons (1881).

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