1930 - 2009
James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, satirist, and essayist known for provocative works of fiction which explored the relations between human psychology, technology, sex, and mass media. He first became associated with the New Wave of science fiction for post-apocalyptic novels such as The Drowned World (1962), but later courted controversy for works such as the experimental short story collection The Atrocity Exhibition (1970), which included the 1968 story "Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan", and the novel Crash (1973), a story about a renegade group of car crash fetishists. In 1984, Ballard won broader recognition for his war novel Empire of the Sun, a semi-autobiographical account of a young British boy's experiences in Shanghai during Japanese occupation; the story was adapted into a 1987 film directed by Steven Spielberg. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. G. Ballard has received more than 1,937,626 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. J. G. Ballard is the 1,460th most popular writer (down from 1,240th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from China (down from 343rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular Writer.
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Among writers, J. G. Ballard ranks 1,460 out of 5,755. Before him are Ichiyō Higuchi, Rick Riordan, César Vallejo, Jules Laforgue, Salvian, and Fulcher of Chartres. After him are Vasil Bykaŭ, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Alexander Radishchev, Philip José Farmer, and Ruy González de Clavijo.
1872 - 1896
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,454
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,455
1892 - 1938
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,456
1860 - 1887
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 1,457
405 - 451
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 1,458
1059 - 1127
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 1,459
1930 - 2009
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1,460
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1,461
718 - 790
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1,462
400 - 400
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1,463
1749 - 1802
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,464
1918 - 2009
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,465
1400 - 1412
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 1,466
Among people born in 1930, J. G. Ballard ranks 109. Before him are Son Sen, José Sarney, Colin Dexter, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Stephen Sondheim, and Tom Wolfe. After him are Vilma Espín, Mauro Ramos, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Philippe Leroy, Viktor Tikhonov, and Walter Bonatti. Among people deceased in 2009, J. G. Ballard ranks 57. Before him are Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Kim Peek, Clive Granger, Sverre Fehn, Marek Edelman, and Vyacheslav Tikhonov. After him are Philip José Farmer, Qian Xuesen, Rafael Caldera, Ingemar Johansson, Arne Næss, and Takashi Takabayashi.
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 103
1930 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 104
1930 - 2017
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 105
1930 - 1998
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 106
1930 - 2021
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 107
1930 - 2018
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 108
1930 - 2009
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 109
1930 - 2007
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 110
1930 - 2002
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 111
1930 - 1999
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 112
1930 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 113
1930 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 114
1930 - 2011
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 115
1922 - 2009
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 51
1951 - 2009
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 52
1934 - 2009
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 53
1924 - 2009
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 54
1922 - 2009
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 55
1928 - 2009
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 56
1930 - 2009
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 57
1918 - 2009
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 58
1911 - 2009
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 59
1916 - 2009
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 60
1932 - 2009
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 61
1912 - 2009
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 62
1931 - 2009
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 63
Among people born in China, J. G. Ballard ranks 410 out of 1,392. Before him are Huiyuan (334), Wen Tianxiang (1236), Han Gan (706), Zhuge Jin (174), Daniel C. Tsui (1939), and Mi Fu (1051). After him are Gengshi Emperor (null), Marpa Lotsawa (1012), Run Run Shaw (1907), Qian Xuesen (1911), Ba Jin (1904), and Zhang Lu (101).
334 - 416
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 404
1236 - 1283
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 405
706 - 783
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 406
174 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 407
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 408
1051 - 1107
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 409
1930 - 2009
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 410
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 411
1012 - 1097
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 412
1907 - 2014
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 413
1911 - 2009
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 414
1904 - 2005
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 415
101 - 216
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 416
Among writers born in China, J. G. Ballard ranks 31. Before him are Lu Yu (733), Liang Qichao (1873), Qiu Jin (1875), Sima Xiangru (-179), Du Mu (803), and Wen Tianxiang (1236). After him are Ba Jin (1904), Gampopa (1079), Li Qingzhao (1084), Qiu Chuji (1148), Li Yu (1610), and Liu Zongyuan (773).
733 - 804
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 25
1873 - 1929
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 26
1875 - 1907
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 27
179 BC - 117 BC
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 28
803 - 852
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 29
1236 - 1283
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 30
1930 - 2009
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 31
1904 - 2005
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 32
1079 - 1153
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 33
1084 - 1155
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 34
1148 - 1227
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 35
1610 - 1680
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 36
773 - 819
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 37