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Chris Van Allsburg

1949 - Today

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Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote, and were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was a 1986 U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Van Allsburg has received more than 1,144,367 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Chris Van Allsburg is the 4,359th most popular writer (down from 4,212th in 2019), the 6,044th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,948th in 2019) and the 491st most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chris Van Allsburg ranks 4,359 out of 5,755. Before him are Rachel de Queiroz, Carrie Nation, Mário Pinto de Andrade, Hans Henny Jahnn, Edmund Wilson, and Fredric Wertham. After him are Peter Scholl-Latour, Atiq Rahimi, Vitaly Bianki, Rosa Chacel, Mordecai Kaplan, and Johann von Rist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Chris Van Allsburg ranks 353. Before him are Moussa Koussa, Mohamed Akid, Jean Asselborn, César Aira, George Winston, and Jonathan Carroll. After him are Mugur Isărescu, Kurt Beck, Bogdan Borusewicz, Gérard Larcher, Tabitha King, and Patti LuPone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Van Allsburg ranks 6,044 out of 18,182. Before him are James Foley (1953), Frank Foss (1895), Edmund Wilson (1895), Thaddeus Stevens (1792), Alf Landon (1887), and Hunter Schafer (1998). After him are Jenny Holzer (1950), Theodore Robinson (1852), Michael Kelly (1969), Lawrence M. Krauss (1954), Tom Lister Jr. (1958), and Reggie Jackson (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Chris Van Allsburg ranks 491. Before him are Norman Vincent Peale (1898), R. J. Palacio (1963), Chaim Potok (1929), Jonathan Carroll (1949), Carrie Nation (1846), and Edmund Wilson (1895). After him are Tabitha King (1949), Candy Barr (1935), Diane di Prima (1934), Theodore Roszak (1933), Charlaine Harris (1951), and Amiri Baraka (1934).

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