1930 - 2009
James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist and short story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, sex and mass media. Ballard first became associated with New Wave science fiction for post-apocalyptic novels such as The Drowned World (1962), but later courted political controversy with the short-story collection The Atrocity Exhibition (1970), which includes the story "Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan" (1968) and the novel Crash (1973), a story about car-crash fetishists. In 1984, Ballard won broad critical recognition for the war novel Empire of the Sun, a semi-autobiographical story of the experiences of a British boy during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai; three years later, the American film director Steven Spielberg adapted the novel into a film of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. G. Ballard has received more than 2,455,382 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. J. G. Ballard is the 1,453rd most popular writer (down from 1,240th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from China (down from 343rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Chinese Writer.
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Among writers, J. G. Ballard ranks 1,453 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: 1,447
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,448
1892 - 1938
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,449
1860 - 1887
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 1,450
405 - 451
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 1,451
1059 - 1127
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 1,452
1930 - 2009
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1,453
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1,454
718 - 790
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1,455
400 - 400
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1,456
1749 - 1802
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,457
1918 - 2009
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,458
1400 - 1412
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 1,459
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 32. 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: 26
1873 - 1929
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 27
1875 - 1907
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 28
179 BC - 117 BC
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 29
803 - 852
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 30
1236 - 1283
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 31
1930 - 2009
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 32
1904 - 2005
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 33
1079 - 1153
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 34
1084 - 1155
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 35
1148 - 1227
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 36
1610 - 1680
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 37
773 - 819
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 38