1932 - 2020
Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932 – November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Bova has received more than 427,146 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ben Bova is the 4,679th most popular writer (down from 4,572nd in 2019), the 6,731st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,847th in 2019) and the 541st most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Ben Bova ranks 4,679 out of 5,755. Before him are Bill O'Reilly, Gulnazar Keldi, Marguerite Audoux, Joseba Sarrionandia, M. R. James, and Carlos Monsiváis. After him are Kārlis Skalbe, Richard Russo, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, Han Kang, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, and José Eustasio Rivera.
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 4,673
1945 - 2020
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 4,674
1863 - 1937
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 4,675
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 4,676
1862 - 1936
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 4,677
1938 - 2010
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 4,678
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 4,679
1879 - 1945
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 4,680
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 4,681
1906 - 1937
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 4,682
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 4,683
1750 - 1819
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 4,684
1888 - 1928
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 4,685
Among people born in 1932, Ben Bova ranks 314. Before him are Frank Beyer, Richard Herd, Oliver Nelson, Josef Musil, Lyudvig Chibirov, and Joe Engle. After him are Neil Bartlett, Pik Botha, John Lyons, Clifton Williams, Stéphane Bruey, and Leonid Spirin. Among people deceased in 2020, Ben Bova ranks 408. Before him are Richard Herd, Barbara Windsor, Regis Philbin, Allen Garfield, Pete Rademacher, and Gulnazar Keldi. After him are Ashley Cooper, Flossie Wong-Staal, Nicette Bruno, Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov, Franca Valeri, and Norman Hunter.
1932 - 2006
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 308
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 309
1932 - 1975
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 310
1932 - 2017
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 311
1932 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 312
1932 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 313
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 314
1932 - 2008
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 315
1932 - 2018
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 316
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 317
1932 - 1967
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 318
1932 - 2005
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 319
1932 - 1982
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 320
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 402
1937 - 2020
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 403
1931 - 2020
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 404
1939 - 2020
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 405
1928 - 2020
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 406
1945 - 2020
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 407
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 408
1936 - 2020
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 409
1946 - 2020
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 410
1933 - 2020
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 411
1951 - 2020
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 412
1920 - 2020
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 413
1943 - 2020
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 414
Among people born in United States, Ben Bova ranks 6,731 out of 18,182. Before him are Lois Weber (1879), Edgar Winter (1946), Jacqueline Mars (1939), Dan Bilzerian (1980), John Pope (1822), and John L. Hennessy (1952). After him are David Rice Atchison (1807), Justin Bartha (1978), Richard Russo (1949), Gary Dourdan (1966), Harvey S. Firestone (1868), and George Jones (1931).
1879 - 1939
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 6,725
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 6,726
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 6,727
1980 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 6,728
1822 - 1892
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 6,729
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 6,730
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 6,731
1807 - 1886
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 6,732
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 6,733
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 6,734
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 6,735
1868 - 1938
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 6,736
1931 - 2013
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 6,737
Among writers born in United States, Ben Bova ranks 541. Before him are Zig Ziglar (1926), Russell Banks (1940), R. A. Lafferty (1914), Ann Druyan (1949), Steven Millhauser (1943), and Bill O'Reilly (1949). After him are Richard Russo (1949), David Peoples (1940), Julia Ward Howe (1819), Daniel Pearl (1963), Joanna Russ (1937), and Richard Scarry (1919).
1926 - 2012
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 535
1940 - 2023
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 536
1914 - 2002
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 537
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 538
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 539
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 540
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 541
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 542
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 543
1819 - 1910
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 544
1963 - 2002
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 545
1937 - 2011
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 546
1919 - 1994
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 547