1965 - Today
Joanne Rowling ( ROH-ling; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote a seven-volume children's fantasy series, Harry Potter, published from 1997 to 2007. The series has been enormously successful: it has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into at least 70 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 24,813,695 page views. Her biography is available in 120 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 116 in 2019). J. K. Rowling is the 293rd most popular writer (down from 279th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 201st in 2019) and the 33rd 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.
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Among writers, J. K. Rowling ranks 293 out of 5,794. Before her are Marguerite de Navarre, Eckhart Tolle, O. Henry, Arthur Miller, Henrik Pontoppidan, and Anne Brontë. After her are Martial, Mikhail Lermontov, Lucan, Jack Kerouac, Ernst Jünger, and Gao Xingjian.
1492 - 1549
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 287
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 288
1862 - 1910
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 289
1915 - 2005
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 290
1857 - 1943
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 291
1820 - 1849
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 292
1965 - Present
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 293
40 - 104
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 294
1814 - 1841
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 295
39 - 65
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 296
1922 - 1969
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 297
1895 - 1998
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 298
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 299
Among people born in 1965, J. K. Rowling ranks 1. After her are Bashar al-Assad, Tedros Adhanom, Salman Khan, Dmitry Medvedev, Charlie Sheen, Rodney King, Robert Downey Jr., Björk, Gheorghe Hagi, Waris Dirie, and Brandon Lee.
1965 - Present
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 1
1965 - Present
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 2
1965 - Present
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 3
1965 - Present
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 4
1965 - Present
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 5
1965 - Present
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 6
1965 - 2012
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 7
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 8
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 9
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 10
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 11
1965 - 1993
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, J. K. Rowling ranks 219 out of 6,924. Before her are Charles II of England (1630), Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869), Catherine Howard (1523), Anne Brontë (1820), Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900), and Joe Cocker (1944). After her are Keith Richards (1943), Edward the Black Prince (1330), Anthony Giddens (1938), Catherine Parr (1512), Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545), and James Hunt (1947).
1630 - 1685
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 213
1869 - 1959
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 214
1523 - 1542
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 215
1820 - 1849
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 216
1900 - 1979
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 217
1944 - 2014
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 218
1965 - Present
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 219
1943 - Present
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 220
1330 - 1376
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 221
1938 - Present
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 222
1512 - 1548
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 223
1545 - 1567
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 224
1947 - 1993
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 225
Among writers born in United Kingdom, J. K. Rowling ranks 33. Before her are Terry Pratchett (1948), John Keats (1795), Robert Burns (1759), William Wordsworth (1770), Anna Wintour (1949), and Anne Brontë (1820). After her are Christopher Marlowe (1564), John Donne (1572), J. M. Barrie (1860), Graham Greene (1904), John Galsworthy (1867), and Beatrix Potter (1866).
1948 - 2015
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 27
1795 - 1821
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 28
1759 - 1796
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 29
1770 - 1850
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 30
1949 - Present
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 31
1820 - 1849
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 32
1965 - Present
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 33
1564 - 1593
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 34
1572 - 1631
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 35
1860 - 1937
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 36
1904 - 1991
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 37
1867 - 1933
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 38
1866 - 1943
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 39