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Brian Herbert

1947 - Today

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Brian Patrick Herbert (born June 29, 1947) is an American author, known for his work on the Dune franchise, which was created by his father, Frank Herbert. Brian Herbert's novels include Sidney's Comet, Prisoners of Arionn, Man of Two Worlds (written with his father), and Sudanna Sudanna. In 2003, Herbert wrote a biography of his father titled Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Herbert has received more than 1,150,359 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Herbert is the 4,428th most popular writer (down from 2,711th in 2019), the 5,908th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,540th in 2019) and the 478th most popular American Writer.

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  • 56.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Brian Herbert ranks 4,428 out of 7,302Before him are Anatoly Kuznetsov, Adrienne Clarkson, Félix María de Samaniego, Norman Vincent Peale, Besiki, and Friedebert Tuglas. After him are Atiq Rahimi, Alicia Giménez Bartlett, Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, Archpoet, Pierre Pithou, and Yoshiki Tanaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Brian Herbert ranks 452Before him are Philémon Yang, Martin Ferrero, Pete Ham, Tristan Murail, Benjamin Orr, and Klaus Dibiasi. After him are Wilko Johnson, Jan T. Gross, Peter Cosgrove, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Moses Blah, and William Bonin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Herbert ranks 5,908 out of 20,380Before him are Lizabeth Scott (1922), Donald Fagen (1948), Michael Andretti (1962), Chloë Sevigny (1974), Stephen Gyllenhaal (1949), and Gram Parsons (1946). After him are Rosalyn Tureck (1914), Robert Pine (1941), David Bushnell (1742), Phyllis Smith (1951), Robert Taylor (1932), and Max O. Lorenz (1876).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Brian Herbert ranks 478Before him are Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Norman Lear (1922), David Baldacci (1960), Anna Katharine Green (1846), Greg Bear (1951), and Norman Vincent Peale (1898). After him are Helen Thomas (1920), Julia Quinn (1970), Tracy Chevalier (1962), Reginald Rose (1920), Delia Owens (1949), and C. J. Cherryh (1942).