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George R. R. Martin

1948 - Today

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George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948) also known by the initials G.R.R.M. is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which were adapted into the Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George R. R. Martin has received more than 20,567,781 page views. His biography is available in 91 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). George R. R. Martin is the 496th most popular writer (up from 505th in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from United States (up from 516th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Writer.

George R. R. Martin is most famous for his epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire.

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  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 91

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George R. R. Martin ranks 496 out of 7,302. Before him are Ilya Ehrenburg, Ludvig Holberg, Alessandro Manzoni, Eugene O'Neill, Muhammad Iqbal, and Patricia Highsmith. After him are G. K. Chesterton, Christopher Marlowe, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Henri Barbusse, Gérard de Nerval, and Juan Ramón Jiménez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, George R. R. Martin ranks 30. Before him are Abdulrazak Gurnah, John R. Bolton, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Maurizio Gucci, Klaus Meine, and George Tupou V. After him are Kathy Bates, Alice Cooper, Donna Summer, Patrizia Reggiani, Carl Weathers, and Steven Tyler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George R. R. Martin ranks 497 out of 20,380. Before him are Faye Dunaway (1941), Reese Witherspoon (1976), James Coburn (1928), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Ray Kroc (1902), and Patricia Highsmith (1921). After him are Richard E. Byrd (1888), Francis Fukuyama (1952), Bill Murray (1950), Talia Shire (1946), Richard Stallman (1953), and John Cazale (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, George R. R. Martin ranks 46. Before him are Frank Herbert (1920), Kurt Vonnegut (1922), Susan Sontag (1933), Jack Kerouac (1922), Eugene O'Neill (1888), and Patricia Highsmith (1921). After him are Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Tom Clancy (1947), Alvin Toffler (1928), Tennessee Williams (1911), Richard Bach (1936), and Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804).

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