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Dave Eggers

1970 - Today

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Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He wrote the 2000 best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Eggers is also the founder of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, a literary journal; a co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia, co-founder of The Hawkins Project, and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness; and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Eggers has received more than 1,929,419 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Dave Eggers is the 5,832nd most popular writer (down from 5,369th in 2019), the 11,048th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,050th in 2019) and the 834th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dave Eggers ranks 5,832 out of 5,755. Before him are Brian Friel, Steven S. DeKnight, Akif Pirinçci, Frederica Sagor Maas, Bernice Rubens, and Ram Swarup. After him are S. E. Hinton, Denise Levertov, Abby Mann, Klas Östergren, William Collins, and Zadie Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Dave Eggers ranks 372. Before him are Paul Bosvelt, Andreas Johnson, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Radoslav Látal, Nathalie Arthaud, and Régine Cavagnoud. After him are Rob Riggle, Glen Hansard, Daniel Borimirov, Gaston Taument, Naoko Yamazaki, and Sean Hayes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dave Eggers ranks 11,048 out of 18,182. Before him are Gene Hoglan (1967), Ronnie Hawkins (1935), Amy Goodman (1957), Freddie Prinze (1954), Carter Braxton (1736), and Kenneth Lonergan (1962). After him are DJ Premier (1966), Chet Walker (1940), Jacqueline Obradors (1966), Nick Cannon (1980), George Murphy (1902), and S. E. Hinton (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Dave Eggers ranks 834. Before him are Tana French (1973), David McCullough (1933), John Burroughs (1837), John Patrick Shanley (1950), Steven S. DeKnight (1910), and Frederica Sagor Maas (1900). After him are S. E. Hinton (1948), Abby Mann (1927), Ernest Cline (1972), Naomi Novik (1973), Ellen Glasgow (1873), and Jill Abramson (1954).

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