WRITER

Danielle Steel

1947 - Today

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Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947) is an American writer, best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling living author and one of the best-selling fiction authors of all time, with over 800 million copies sold. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danielle Steel has received more than 3,348,540 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Danielle Steel is the 1,302nd most popular writer (down from 1,155th in 2019), the 1,555th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,411th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular American Writer.

Danielle Steel is most famous for her many romance novels.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Danielle Steel ranks 1,302 out of 7,302. Before her are P. G. Wodehouse, Javier Marías, A. E. van Vogt, John Tzetzes, Neil Gaiman, and Aelius Aristides. After her are Maurice Barrès, Michel Verne, Eleanor H. Porter, Alfonsina Storni, Ken Kesey, and Widukind of Corvey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Danielle Steel ranks 91. Before her are Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Roger D. Kornberg, James Patterson, F. R. David, Richard Jenkins, and Gerhard Ludwig Müller. After her are Aleksandr Viktorenko, Lucas Papademos, Barbara Bach, Jeffrey DeMunn, Edu Coimbra, and Edward James Olmos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Danielle Steel ranks 1,555 out of 20,380. Before her are Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Ed White (1930), Helen Hunt (1963), Art Blakey (1919), Frank Langella (1938), and Thomas A. Steitz (1940). After her are Michael Dudikoff (1954), Jordan Belfort (1962), Eleanor H. Porter (1868), Chris Cooper (1951), Burt Bacharach (1928), and Ken Kesey (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Danielle Steel ranks 143. Before her are Irving Stone (1903), Clive Cussler (1931), Erskine Caldwell (1903), Robert Sheckley (1928), James Brendan Connolly (1868), and Poul Anderson (1926). After her are Eleanor H. Porter (1868), Ken Kesey (1935), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Anthony Bourdain (1956), Maria Shriver (1955), and Jean M. Auel (1936).

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