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Iris Chang

1968 - 2004

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Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was an American journalist, author of historical books and political activist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanjing Massacre, The Rape of Nanking, and in 2003, The Chinese in America: A Narrative History. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biography Finding Iris Chang, and the 2007 documentary film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking starring Olivia Cheng as Iris Chang. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iris Chang has received more than 1,150,651 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Iris Chang is the 5,285th most popular writer (down from 5,097th in 2019), the 8,380th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,328th in 2019) and the 661st most popular American Writer.

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  • 43.79

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Iris Chang ranks 5,285 out of 5,755. Before her are Diomidis Kyriakos, Carsten Jensen, Mathias Énard, Jaroslav Kvapil, Jean-Paul Dubois, and Takashi Tezuka. After her are David Benioff, James Herbert, Ğäliäsğar Kamal, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Philippa Pearce, and Manuel Rivas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Iris Chang ranks 247. Before her are Katja K, Oleh Tyahnybok, Jorge Larrionda, Jaume Balagueró, Danny Nucci, and Junichi Masuda. After her are Lawrence Makoare, Kristin Chenoweth, Anthony Michael Hall, Shelley Lubben, Gloria Trevi, and Andreas Kisser. Among people deceased in 2004, Iris Chang ranks 235. Before her are Heinrich Mark, Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, George Baird, Veerappan, Mildred McDaniel, and Jean Graczyk. After her are Kristian Henriksen, Volodymyr Kaplychnyi, Bill Nicholson, Leonid Shcherbakov, Mikheil Korkia, and Victor Argo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Iris Chang ranks 8,380 out of 18,182. Before her are Rob Morrow (1962), Mark Hoppus (1972), Assata Shakur (1947), Boyd Holbrook (1981), Steve Russell (1937), and Scott Ian (1963). After her are Kat Dennings (1986), James P. Bagian (1952), Reid Hoffman (1967), Gregory Sierra (1937), Magic Sam (1937), and David Benioff (1970).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Iris Chang ranks 661. Before her are Rebecca Solnit (1961), Rick Warren (1954), Joe Hill (1972), Lin Carter (1930), Kevin Kelly (1952), and Damon Runyon (1880). After her are David Benioff (1970), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Edmund White (1940), Eric Van Lustbader (1946), Donald Richie (1924), and Michael Swanwick (1950).

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