1942 - Today
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 890,782 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Donna Leon is the 968th most popular writer (up from 1,085th in 2019), the 1,137th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,234th in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Writer.
Donna Leon is most famous for her crime novels set in Venice, Italy.
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Among writers, Donna Leon ranks 968 out of 5,755. Before her are Richard Matheson, Jean-Claude Carrière, Edogawa Ranpo, Gnaeus Naevius, Stephen Crane, and James Brendan Connolly. After her are Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Vittoria Colonna, Paulinus of Nola, Henry Fielding, Danilo Kiš, and Daniel Keyes.
1926 - 2013
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 962
1931 - 2021
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 963
1894 - 1965
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 964
275 BC - 201 BC
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 965
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 966
1868 - 1957
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 967
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 968
1622 - 1676
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 969
1490 - 1547
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 970
354 - 431
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 971
1707 - 1754
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 972
1935 - 1989
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 973
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 974
Among people born in 1942, Donna Leon ranks 87. Before her are Gilberto Gil, Junichiro Koizumi, Daniela Bianchi, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Sandro Mazzola, and Mehran Karimi Nasseri. After her are Scott Wilson, Conrad Schumann, Giuseppe Bertello, Mike Markkula, Geneviève Bujold, and António Lobo Antunes.
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 81
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 82
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 83
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 84
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 85
1942 - 2022
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 86
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 87
1942 - 2018
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 88
1942 - 1998
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 89
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 90
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 91
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 92
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 93
Among people born in United States, Donna Leon ranks 1,137 out of 18,182. Before her are Louis Ignarro (1941), Stephen Crane (1871), James Brendan Connolly (1868), Dred Scott (1795), Marcheline Bertrand (1950), and Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921). After her are Sam Walton (1918), Martha Washington (1731), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), Jackie Robinson (1919), Arthur Ashe (1943), and James Cagney (1899).
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 1,131
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,132
1868 - 1957
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,133
1795 - 1858
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,134
1950 - 2007
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,135
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,136
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 1,137
1918 - 1992
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 1,138
1731 - 1802
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 1,139
1925 - 2011
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 1,140
1919 - 1972
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 1,141
1943 - 1993
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 1,142
1899 - 1986
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 1,143
Among writers born in United States, Donna Leon ranks 114. Before her are Marshall Rosenberg (1934), Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840), Eleanor H. Porter (1868), Richard Matheson (1926), Stephen Crane (1871), and James Brendan Connolly (1868). After her are Daniel Keyes (1927), William Gibson (1948), Martha Gellhorn (1908), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Tess Gerritsen (1953), and Irving Stone (1903).
1934 - 2015
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 108
1840 - 1914
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 109
1868 - 1920
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 110
1926 - 2013
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 111
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 112
1868 - 1957
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 113
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 114
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 115
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 116
1908 - 1998
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 117
1937 - 2005
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 118
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 119
1903 - 1989
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 120