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Andre Norton

1912 - 2005

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Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, who also wrote works of historical and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen name Andre Norton, but also under Andrew North and Allen Weston. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andre Norton has received more than 540,232 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Andre Norton is the 2,881st most popular writer (down from 2,809th in 2019), the 3,646th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,684th in 2019) and the 318th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andre Norton ranks 2,881 out of 7,302. Before her are Lawrence Block, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Gideon Levy, Michael Bond, Pierre Gamarra, and Valerio Massimo Manfredi. After her are Zülfü Livaneli, Avetik Isahakyan, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Hyginus Gromaticus, Tomas Venclova, and Venedikt Yerofeyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Andre Norton ranks 156. Before her are Günter Wand, Jacques Bergier, Lev Kopelev, Naoto Tajima, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, and Pierre Grimal. After her are Juan Carlos Aramburu, Rudolf Vytlačil, Eve Arnold, Kurt Sanderling, Wendy Hiller, and Alfred Schwarzmann. Among people deceased in 2005, Andre Norton ranks 121. Before her are István Nyers, Svatopluk Pluskal, Sangoulé Lamizana, Tonino Delli Colli, Vasco Gonçalves, and James Doohan. After her are Kevin Hagen, Zoran Mušič, Eddie Albert, Vincent Gigante, Sergio Endrigo, and Gordon Gould.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andre Norton ranks 3,646 out of 20,380. Before her are David Arquette (1971), Maureen Connolly (1934), Donald Davidson (1917), Ethel Kennedy (1928), Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932), and Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929). After her are Jackie Cooper (1922), Lee Hazlewood (1929), Majel Barrett (1932), Max Roach (1924), Bert Patenaude (1909), and Alfred Worden (1932).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Andre Norton ranks 318. Before her are Maurice Sendak (1928), Jonathan Franzen (1959), Jack Williamson (1908), Robert Penn Warren (1905), Lucia Berlin (1936), and Lawrence Block (1938). After her are Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897), Budd Schulberg (1914), Tony Robbins (1960), Glen Cook (1944), Howard Fast (1914), and Vince Gilligan (1967).

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