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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 5,033,091 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Glenn Greenwald is the 5,635th most popular writer (down from 4,821st in 2019), the 9,930th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,720th in 2019) and the 753rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 5.0M

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  • 41.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Glenn Greenwald ranks 5,635 out of 5,755Before him are Karel Schoeman, James Cooke Brown, John Langalibalele Dube, Christoph Ransmayr, Sarah Moore Grimké, and Robert Hughes. After him are Naomi Wolf, Hammond Innes, Wallace Stegner, Henrik Nordbrandt, Pavel Antokolsky, and George Grove.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Glenn Greenwald ranks 333Before him are Nathalie Tauziat, Dhafer Youssef, Philip Selway, Laurent Nkunda, Jordi Roura, and Emmanuelle Bercot. After him are James Marshall, Eriq Ebouaney, Trini Alvarado, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Rebecca Schaeffer, and Carrie Preston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Glenn Greenwald ranks 9,930 out of 18,182Before him are John Prine (1946), Laz Alonso (1974), Joe Namath (1943), Dianne Reeves (1956), Raymond Scott (1908), and Rajon Rondo (1986). After him are Naomi Wolf (1962), Kathy Griffin (1960), James Marshall (1967), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (1957), Marissa Mayer (1975), and Kevin DuBrow (1955).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Glenn Greenwald ranks 753Before him are Madeline Miller (1978), Edward Everett Hale (1822), Sarah J. Maas (1986), Kenneth Rexroth (1905), John Perry Barlow (1947), and Sarah Moore Grimké (1792). After him are Naomi Wolf (1962), Wallace Stegner (1909), William Inge (1913), Lew Rockwell (1944), Veronica Roth (1988), and Anna J. Cooper (1858).

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