WRITER

Donna Leon

1942 - Today

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Donna Leon (; born September 28, 1942) is the American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donna Leon has received more than 958,379 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Donna Leon is the 977th most popular writer (down from 966th in 2019), the 1,126th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,137th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Writer.

Donna Leon is most famous for her crime novels set in Venice, Italy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Donna Leon ranks 977 out of 7,302. Before her are Stephen Covey, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Kurt Eisner, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Tannhäuser, and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse. After her are Bar Hebraeus, H. Rider Haggard, James Hadley Chase, Khachatur Abovian, Will Durant, and David Grossman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Donna Leon ranks 87. Before her are Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, John Cale, Jean-Claude Trichet, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Valeri Polyakov, and George Jung. After her are Maria Kaczyńska, Amine Gemayel, Pál Schmitt, Bert Sakmann, Carlos Monzón, and Michel Fourniret.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donna Leon ranks 1,126 out of 20,380. Before her are Lawrence Klein (1920), Charlie Munger (1924), Richard F. Heck (1931), David Scott (1932), Elisha Otis (1811), and Jim Belushi (1954). After her are Stanley Tucci (1960), James M. Buchanan (1919), Richard S. Castellano (1933), Ike Turner (1931), Stanley Miller (1930), and Willie Nelson (1933).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Donna Leon ranks 108. Before her are Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Nellie Bly (1864), James Jones (1921), L. Frank Baum (1856), Virginia Satir (1916), and Stephen Covey (1932). After her are Will Durant (1885), Richard Matheson (1926), William Styron (1925), Jean Webster (1876), Edith Wharton (1862), and Noah Gordon (1926).

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