WRITER

J. K. Rowling

1965 - Today

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Joanne Rowling ( ROH-ling; born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She is the author of Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy novel series published from 1997 to 2007. The series has sold over 600 million copies, been translated into 84 languages, and spawned a global media franchise including films and video games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. K. Rowling has received more than 34,179,462 page views. Her biography is available in 129 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 122 in 2019). J. K. Rowling is the 222nd most popular writer (up from 245th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 190th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Writer.

J.K. Rowling is most famous for being the author of the Harry Potter series, which is the best-selling book series in history with over 450 million copies sold.

Memorability Metrics

  • 34M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 129

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, J. K. Rowling ranks 222 out of 7,302. Before her are Terence, Quintilian, Pierre Corneille, Tomas Tranströmer, Ferdowsi, and Isaac Bashevis Singer. After her are Bram Stoker, Torquato Tasso, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Prosper Mérimée, Dario Fo, and Herman Melville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, J. K. Rowling ranks 2. Before her is Shah Rukh Khan. After her are Dmitry Medvedev, Bashar al-Assad, Salman Khan, Petro Poroshenko, Mads Mikkelsen, Tedros Adhanom, Gheorghe Hagi, Hans-Dieter Flick, Björk, and Charlie Sheen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, J. K. Rowling ranks 161 out of 8,785. Before her are James VI and I (1566), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), Joseph Priestley (1733), Catherine Parr (1512), Catherine Howard (1523), and Thomas Young (1773). After her are Alfred Marshall (1842), Francis Crick (1916), Saint Patrick (385), Edward V of England (1470), Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846), and William Ramsay (1852).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, J. K. Rowling ranks 21. Before her are Terry Pratchett (1948), H. G. Wells (1866), Aldous Huxley (1894), Roald Dahl (1916), William Blake (1757), and Anna Wintour (1949). After her are John Milton (1608), Geoffrey Chaucer (1343), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), William Golding (1911), Arthur C. Clarke (1917), and Anne Brontë (1820).

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