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Jack McDevitt

1935 - Today

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Jack McDevitt (born April 14, 1935) is an American science fiction author whose novels frequently deal with attempts to make contact with alien races, and with archaeology or xenoarchaeology. Most of his books follow either superluminal pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins or galactic relic hunters Alex Benedict and Chase Kolpath. McDevitt has received numerous nominations for Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack McDevitt has received more than 291,402 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jack McDevitt is the 5,351st most popular writer (down from 4,748th in 2019), the 8,591st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,415th in 2019) and the 676th most popular American Writer.

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  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jack McDevitt ranks 5,351 out of 5,755. Before him are Abraham Cowley, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Nicholas Evans, John Berryman, Lars Ahlin, and Scott Turow. After him are Olivier Rolin, Latifa al-Zayyat, Claudio Williman, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Emmanuil Kazakevich, and Swami Rama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jack McDevitt ranks 389. Before him are Oumarou Ganda, Arnaldo Pambianco, Jimmy Armfield, Tenley Albright, Leo Falcam, and Jeremy Kemp. After him are Laurynas Stankevičius, James Cotton, Eldridge Cleaver, Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Ivan Calin, and Leonid Potapov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack McDevitt ranks 8,591 out of 18,182. Before him are Adam Rodriguez (1975), Belladonna (1981), John Berryman (1914), Scott Turow (1949), Andrea Parker (1970), and Ray Bryant (1931). After him are Verna Felton (1890), John N. Bahcall (1934), Vinnie Moore (1964), Alfred Romer (1894), Steve Schirripa (1958), and Edwin Hedley (1864).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jack McDevitt ranks 676. Before him are Peter Matthiessen (1927), Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), Howard Ashman (1950), Philip G. Epstein (1909), John Berryman (1914), and Scott Turow (1949). After him are William Blum (1933), David Simon (1960), Mike Godwin (1956), John Antoine Nau (1860), Joe Medicine Crow (1913), and Meg Cabot (1967).

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