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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 926,601 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Dean Foster is the 4,528th most popular writer (down from 4,107th in 2019), the 6,366th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,719th in 2019) and the 513th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 930k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alan Dean Foster ranks 4,528 out of 5,755. Before him are M. Ageyev, Helen Thomas, Virginie Despentes, Birgitta Trotzig, Robert Greene, and Ferreira de Castro. After him are Francis Davis Millet, Aisha Taymur, Zofia Posmysz, Sylvia Browne, Andrejs Upīts, and Peter F. Hamilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Alan Dean Foster ranks 433. Before him are Marc Forné Molné, Ralph Gonsalves, Ramazan Abdulatipov, Ryszard Szurkowski, Józef Oleksy, and Nicholas Clay. After him are Anders Gärderud, Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Beth Carvalho, Suze Randall, Antonis Antoniadis, and Roy Thomas Baker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Dean Foster ranks 6,366 out of 18,182. Before him are Chris Mulkey (1948), Dina Merrill (1923), Kevin Conway (1942), Stephen Root (1951), Michael Imperioli (1966), and Andy Roddick (1982). After him are Francis Davis Millet (1848), Joseph Leidy (1823), Lewis Sheldon (1874), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), Alison Arngrim (1962), and Henry Dreyfuss (1904).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alan Dean Foster ranks 513. Before him are Leo Buscaglia (1924), William Cullen Bryant (1794), Lucius Shepard (1943), Jane Bowles (1917), Lydia Davis (1947), and Helen Thomas (1920). After him are Francis Davis Millet (1848), Sylvia Browne (1936), Damon Knight (1922), Robert Richardson (1955), Melissa Mathison (1950), and Arthur Golden (1956).

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