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Bill Bryson

1951 - Today

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William McGuire Bryson ( BRYE-sən; 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 3,689,429 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Bryson is the 4,242nd most popular writer (down from 3,121st in 2019), the 5,620th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,080th in 2019) and the 457th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bill Bryson ranks 4,242 out of 7,302. Before him are Annemarie Selinko, Panas Myrny, Mascha Kaléko, Žemaitė, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, and Isotta Nogarola. After him are Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, Paul Goma, Sofi Oksanen, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Jurgis Baltrušaitis, and Valerian Pidmohylny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Bill Bryson ranks 289. Before him are Dragan Pantelić, John Mellencamp, Enda Kenny, Charlaine Harris, Luther Vandross, and David Almond. After him are Bob Gale, Domitien Ndayizeye, Carl Lumbly, Edgardo Codesal, Fyodor Konyukhov, and Greg Bear.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Bryson ranks 5,620 out of 20,380. Before him are Conrad Nagel (1897), Paul Kurtz (1925), Kevin Dunn (1956), Scott LaFaro (1936), Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841), and Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863). After him are Odetta (1930), Linden Ashby (1960), Robert Durst (1943), Moe Howard (1897), Denis Leary (1957), and Jim Cummings (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Bill Bryson ranks 457. Before him are Sonny Barger (1938), Ida B. Wells (1862), Theodore Roszak (1933), Charlaine Harris (1951), Erica Jong (1942), and Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863). After him are James Blish (1921), Rube Goldberg (1883), Edna Ferber (1885), Diane Disney Miller (1933), Ivanka Trump (1981), and Philip Arthur Fisher (1907).

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