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Elaine Pagels

1943 - Today

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Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey (born February 13, 1943), is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elaine Pagels has received more than 523,922 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Elaine Pagels is the 532nd most popular historian (down from 434th in 2019), the 11,337th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,260th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Elaine Pagels ranks 532 out of 561. Before her are Edward Augustus Freeman, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Richard Taruskin, James H. Billington, Jan Morris, and Griselda Pollock. After her are John Komlos, Richard Bauckham, Mary Ritter Beard, Iain Pears, Charles Oman, and Richard Hofstadter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Elaine Pagels ranks 658. Before her are John Hunter, John Pendry, Lothar Kobluhn, Nicolae Pescaru, Masushi Ouchi, and Giovanni Pettenella. After her are Randy Bachman, Bruce Weitz, Zdravko Hebel, Steve Clark, Janet Evanovich, and John McEnery.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elaine Pagels ranks 11,337 out of 20,380. Before her are Paul Burke (1926), Ernest Tubb (1914), Maya Lin (1959), Sam McMurray (1952), Donald Pettit (1955), and Lindsey Stirling (1986). After her are Chad Lowe (1968), Lou Harrison (1917), Leon Ames (1902), Audrey Totter (1917), Kenny Harrison (1965), and Phil Alden Robinson (1950).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Elaine Pagels ranks 45. Before her are Carroll Quigley (1910), Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), David Bordwell (1947), Richard G. Hovannisian (1932), Richard Taruskin (1945), and James H. Billington (1929). After her are Mary Ritter Beard (1876), Richard Hofstadter (1916), Francis Parkman (1823), Anthony Grafton (1950), Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942), and Bernard Bailyn (1922).

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