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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 1,034,809 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Betty Mahmoody is the 2,983rd most popular writer (up from 3,983rd in 2019), the 3,905th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,456th in 2019) and the 349th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.0M

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  • 51.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Betty Mahmoody ranks 2,983 out of 5,755Before her are Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Heo Nanseolheon, Douglas Preston, Josef Škvorecký, Kamalaśīla, and Daniel Guérin. After her are Ashapurna Devi, Manès Sperber, Maria Dąbrowska, Almudena Grandes, Mikhail Prishvin, and Kir Bulychev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Betty Mahmoody ranks 226Before her are Anton Zeilinger, Driss Jettou, John Banville, David D. Friedman, Noel Redding, and John Doman. After her are Sheila, Werner Schroeter, Linda Harrison, Roger Donaldson, John Carlos, and Earl Boen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betty Mahmoody ranks 3,905 out of 18,182Before her are Aaliyah (1979), Taj Mahal (1942), Walter Hunt (1796), Elizabeth Loftus (1944), Robert Rodriguez (1968), and Ralph Linton (1893). After her are Wallace Beery (1885), John King Fairbank (1907), Richard Conte (1910), Roy E. Disney (1930), Steve Lukather (1957), and Jim Steinman (1947).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Betty Mahmoody ranks 349Before her are Gary Snyder (1930), Neal Stephenson (1959), Adrienne Rich (1929), Cotton Mather (1663), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), and Douglas Preston (1956). After her are Robert McKee (1941), Howard Pyle (1853), James Rollins (1961), Fanny Crosby (1820), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), and Mercedes de Acosta (1892).