WRITER

George R. R. Martin

1948 - Today

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George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as GRRM, is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which were adapted into the Emmy Award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George R. R. Martin has received more than 14,243,443 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 81 in 2019). George R. R. Martin is the 562nd most popular writer (down from 401st in 2019), the 584th most popular biography from United States (down from 343rd in 2019) and the 64th 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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  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 86

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George R. R. Martin ranks 562 out of 5,794. Before him are Isaac Babel, Elie Wiesel, Gaston Leroux, Eyvind Johnson, Anton Makarenko, and Ludwig Tieck. After him are Longus, Lion Feuchtwanger, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Sándor Petőfi, Mo Yan, and Marie-Antoine Carême.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, George R. R. Martin ranks 28. Before him are Luiz Felipe Scolari, Antonín Panenka, Steven Tyler, George Tupou V, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and Marcello Lippi. After him are Robert Plant, Olivia Newton-John, Keke Rosberg, Donna Summer, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and John Bonham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George R. R. Martin ranks 584 out of 15,968. Before him are Nancy Sinatra (1940), Bing Crosby (1903), Ruth Benedict (1887), Albert Ellis (1913), Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), and Les Paul (1915). After him are John Stith Pemberton (1831), Bradley Cooper (1975), Reese Witherspoon (1976), Mia Farrow (1945), Carl Barks (1901), and Priscilla Presley (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, George R. R. Martin ranks 64. Before him are Allen Ginsberg (1926), Frank Herbert (1920), Ellen G. White (1827), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Harper Lee (1926), and Harriet Tubman (1820). After him are Dean Koontz (1945), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Robert Ludlum (1927), Patricia Highsmith (1921), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), and Louise Hay (1926).

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