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Glenn Greenwald

1967 - Today

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Glenn Edward Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an American journalist, author, and former lawyer. In 1996, Greenwald founded a law firm concentrating on First Amendment litigation. He began blogging on national security issues in October 2005, when he was becoming increasingly concerned with what he viewed as attacks on civil liberties by the George W. Bush administration in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glenn Greenwald has received more than 5,400,657 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Glenn Greenwald is the 6,206th most popular writer (down from 5,615th in 2019), the 10,718th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,908th in 2019) and the 796th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Glenn Greenwald ranks 6,206 out of 7,302. Before him are Bernice Rubens, Alain LeRoy Locke, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Paolo Giordano, Lorraine Hansberry, and Sida Košutić. After him are Brian Jacques, Emma Willard, Flora Nwapa, Pentti Haanpää, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, and Cynthia Ozick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Glenn Greenwald ranks 380. Before him are Mohamed Nasheed, Eddy Maillet, Makoto Teguramori, Currie Graham, Dmitry Gordon, and Valeriy Heletey. After him are Lupita Jones, Yuji Sakakura, Alex Christensen, Ali Babacan, Alfred Jermaniš, and Jón Gnarr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Glenn Greenwald ranks 10,718 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael D. Griffin (1949), Bret Michaels (1963), Ed Czerkiewicz (1913), George Follmer (1934), Mississippi Fred McDowell (1906), and Mark Mothersbaugh (1950). After him are Stuart Pankin (1946), Stephen Dunham (1964), Maggie Siff (1974), John C. Stennis (1901), Ken Berry (1933), and Emma Willard (1787).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Glenn Greenwald ranks 796. Before him are Stephen Vincent Benét (1898), Lester Bangs (1948), Amory Lovins (1947), Mike Godwin (1956), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), and Lorraine Hansberry (1930). After him are Emma Willard (1787), Cynthia Ozick (1928), Lawrence Venuti (1953), George Alec Effinger (1947), N. Scott Momaday (1934), and Cecily von Ziegesar (1970).

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