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J. K. Rowling

1965 - Today

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Joanne Rowling ( ROH-ling); born 31 July 1965), better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy 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 31,803,560 page views. Her biography is available in 122 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 120 in 2019). J. K. Rowling is the 245th most popular writer (up from 293rd in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 219th in 2019) and the 25th 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

  • 32M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 122

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, J. K. Rowling ranks 245 out of 5,755. Before her are Torquato Tasso, Doris Lessing, Nelly Sachs, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Jacob Grimm, and Sallust. After her are Germaine de Staël, Bram Stoker, Christine de Pizan, Roald Dahl, Walt Whitman, and Vladimir Mayakovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, J. K. Rowling ranks 3. Before her are Dmitry Medvedev and Shah Rukh Khan. After her are Bashar al-Assad, Petro Poroshenko, Tedros Adhanom, Salman Khan, Mads Mikkelsen, Brandon Lee, Robert Downey Jr., Gheorghe Hagi, and Charlie Sheen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, J. K. Rowling ranks 190 out of 7,765. Before her are Humphry Davy (1778), Henry I of England (1068), Elizabeth Woodville (1437), Mary Boleyn (1499), Jeff Beck (1944), and Arnold J. Toynbee (1889). After her are Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), Thomas Newcomen (1663), Roald Dahl (1916), Roger Taylor (1949), Cat Stevens (1948), and George Best (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, J. K. Rowling ranks 25. Before her are Arthur C. Clarke (1917), Geoffrey Chaucer (1343), Terry Pratchett (1948), John Milton (1608), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), and Anna Wintour (1949). After her are Roald Dahl (1916), William Golding (1911), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792), C. S. Lewis (1898), Graham Greene (1904), and John Keats (1795).

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