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Bill Bryson

1951 - Today

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William McGuire Bryson (; born 8 December 1951) is an American-British journalist and author. Bryson has written a number of nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has been a resident of Britain for most of his adult life, returning to the U.S. between 1995 and 2003, and holds dual American and British citizenship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Bryson has received more than 3,466,211 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Bryson is the 3,132nd most popular writer (up from 3,298th in 2019), the 4,091st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,352nd in 2019) and the 362nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bill Bryson ranks 3,132 out of 5,755. Before him are Arnošt Lustig, Holger Drachmann, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Robert de Clari, Cristina Calderón, and Jim Carroll. After him are José Lezama Lima, Futabatei Shimei, John Perkins, Lytton Strachey, Alexandre Herculano, and Tiziano Terzani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Bill Bryson ranks 168. Before him are Gérard Jugnot, Walter de Silva, Sandahl Bergman, Phankham Viphavanh, Manfred Winkelhock, and Iván Fischer. After him are Alfredo Astiz, Timo Salonen, Charly García, Kazumi Takada, Christopher Cross, and Geir Haarde.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Bryson ranks 4,091 out of 18,182. Before him are Howard Keel (1919), Celeste Holm (1917), Clifton James (1920), Eric Carmen (1949), Jim Carroll (1949), and Harrison Dillard (1923). After him are Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Gladys Knight (1944), Arielle Dombasle (1953), John Perkins (1945), Angélica María (1943), and Robert Gould Shaw (1837).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Bill Bryson ranks 362. Before him are Glen Cook (1944), Robert Bly (1926), Charles Grandison Finney (1792), Glen A. Larson (1937), Gregory Benford (1941), and Jim Carroll (1949). After him are John Perkins (1945), Spencer Johnson (1938), James Russell Lowell (1819), Emma Lazarus (1849), David Foster Wallace (1962), and Joss Whedon (1964).

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