1931 - 2020
Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached The New York Times fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler was the founder and chairman of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clive Cussler has received more than 2,306,149 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Clive Cussler is the 1,000th most popular writer (down from 983rd in 2019), the 1,183rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,097th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular American Writer.
Clive Cussler is most famous for his novels about the adventures of a fictional character named Dirk Pitt.
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Among writers, Clive Cussler ranks 1,000 out of 5,755. Before him are Hunter S. Thompson, Saint Gall, Elsa Morante, Marcus Manilius, Tess Gerritsen, and Irving Stone. After him are Nikolay Karamzin, Zelda Fitzgerald, Zhuanxu, Franz Grillparzer, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, and Pierre Louÿs.
1937 - 2005
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 994
550 - 645
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 995
1912 - 1985
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 996
50 BC - 50
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 997
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 998
1903 - 1989
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 999
1931 - 2020
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 1,000
1766 - 1826
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 1,001
1900 - 1948
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 1,002
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 1,003
1791 - 1872
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 1,004
1780 - 1857
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 1,005
1870 - 1925
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 1,006
Among people born in 1931, Clive Cussler ranks 67. Before him are Arata Isozaki, Viktor Korchnoi, Alfred Brendel, Jean-Claude Carrière, Klaus Hasselmann, and Don King. After him are Charles Taylor, Rita Moreno, Sam Cooke, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Hamilton O. Smith, and Anthony de Mello. Among people deceased in 2020, Clive Cussler ranks 56. Before him are Nexhmije Hoxha, Luis Sepúlveda, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Eduard Limonov, Ulay, and Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri. After him are Philip Warren Anderson, James Randi, Jack Steinberger, Kenny Rogers, Ken Hensley, and Terry Jones.
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 61
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 62
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 63
1931 - 2021
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 64
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 65
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 66
1931 - 2020
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 67
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 68
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 69
1931 - 1964
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 70
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 71
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 72
1931 - 1987
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 73
1921 - 2020
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 50
1949 - 2020
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 51
1964 - 2020
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 52
1943 - 2020
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 53
1943 - 2020
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 54
1941 - 2020
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 55
1931 - 2020
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 56
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 57
1928 - 2020
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 58
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 59
1938 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 60
1945 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 61
1942 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 62
Among people born in United States, Clive Cussler ranks 1,183 out of 18,182. Before him are Dirk Benedict (1945), James Ivory (1928), Cliff Robertson (1923), Tess Gerritsen (1953), Irving Stone (1903), and Bubba Smith (1945). After him are Robert S. Mulliken (1896), Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Scott Wilson (1942), Frank Sheeran (1920), Dennis Quaid (1954), and Wallace Carothers (1896).
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 1,177
1928 - Present
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 1,178
1923 - 2011
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 1,179
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 1,180
1903 - 1989
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 1,181
1945 - 2011
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 1,182
1931 - 2020
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 1,183
1896 - 1986
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 1,184
1900 - 1948
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 1,185
1942 - 2018
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 1,186
1920 - 2003
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 1,187
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 1,188
1896 - 1937
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 1,189
Among writers born in United States, Clive Cussler ranks 122. Before him are Daniel Keyes (1927), William Gibson (1948), Martha Gellhorn (1908), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Tess Gerritsen (1953), and Irving Stone (1903). After him are Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Will Durant (1885), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Fredric Brown (1906), Erskine Caldwell (1903), and Joan Didion (1934).
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 116
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 117
1908 - 1998
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 118
1937 - 2005
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 119
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 120
1903 - 1989
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 121
1931 - 2020
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 122
1900 - 1948
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 123
1885 - 1981
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 124
1876 - 1972
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 125
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 126
1903 - 1987
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 127
1934 - 2021
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 128