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Betty Mahmoody

1945 - Today

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Betty Mahmoody (née Lover; born June 9, 1945) is an American author and public speaker best known for her book, Not Without My Daughter, which was subsequently made into a film of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Betty Mahmoody has received more than 1,325,816 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Betty Mahmoody is the 3,436th most popular writer (down from 2,972nd in 2019), the 4,383rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,894th in 2019) and the 362nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Betty Mahmoody ranks 3,436 out of 7,302. Before her are Mikhail Prishvin, Natallia Arsiennieva, René Barjavel, Erik Gustaf Geijer, Nobuko Yoshiya, and Booker T. Washington. After her are Robert Kerr, Alberto Savinio, Nikola Vaptsarov, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Andrey Piontkovsky, and Zulfiya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Betty Mahmoody ranks 293. Before her are Tom Segev, Doug Clifford, Sandro de América, Jean Ragnotti, Lydia Shum, and Romeo Benetti. After her are José Manuel Fuente, David Chase, John Doman, Burning Spear, Sadok Sassi, and Tony Roche.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betty Mahmoody ranks 4,383 out of 20,380. Before her are Booker T. Washington (1856), Helen Levitt (1913), Eileen Brennan (1932), Cathy Berberian (1925), Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941), and Roy Thinnes (1938). After her are Jerry Hall (1956), Joseph Cornell (1903), Lena Horne (1917), B. J. Thomas (1942), Colm Feore (1958), and Amy Madigan (1950).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Betty Mahmoody ranks 362. Before her are Rose Wilder Lane (1886), Fanny Crosby (1820), Spencer Johnson (1938), David Eddings (1931), Joyce Meyer (1943), and Booker T. Washington (1856). After her are Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Peter Straub (1943), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), Bell hooks (1952), and H.D. (1886).

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