1908 - 2006
John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006), who wrote as Jack Williamson, was an American science fiction writer, one of several called the "Dean of Science Fiction". He is also credited with one of the first uses of the term genetic engineering. Early in his career he sometimes used the pseudonyms Will Stewart and Nils O. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Williamson has received more than 236,576 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Williamson is the 2,505th most popular writer (down from 2,437th in 2019), the 3,254th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,097th in 2019) and the 289th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Jack Williamson ranks 2,505 out of 5,755. Before him are Anne McCaffrey, Vasko Popa, Larry Niven, Alessandro Baricco, Juan Ruiz, and James Aldridge. After him are Edgar Lee Masters, Heinrich Hoffmann, Maithili Sharan Gupt, Félix Fénéon, Vilhelm Moberg, and Sergey Aksakov.
1926 - 2011
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 2,499
1922 - 1991
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 2,500
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,501
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,502
1283 - 1350
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,503
1918 - 2015
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,504
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,505
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,506
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,507
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,508
1861 - 1944
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,509
1898 - 1973
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,510
1791 - 1859
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,511
Among people born in 1908, Jack Williamson ranks 128. Before him are Mel Blanc, Vazgen I, Paul Henreid, Alejandro Scopelli, John Mills, and Richard Wright. After him are Bo Yibo, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Carlos Peucelle, Giacomo Manzù, Christa Schroeder, and Juan López Fontana. Among people deceased in 2006, Jack Williamson ranks 128. Before him are Ibolya Csák, Yitzhak Kaduri, Rocío Dúrcal, Faas Wilkes, Seymour Martin Lipset, and Wilson Pickett. After him are Ahmet Ertegun, Richard Bright, Dennis Weaver, Mickey Spillane, Ferenc Szusza, and George Koval.
1908 - 1989
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 122
1908 - 1994
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 123
1908 - 1992
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 124
1908 - 1987
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 125
1908 - 2005
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 126
1908 - 1960
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 127
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 128
1908 - 2007
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 129
1908 - 1974
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 130
1908 - 1990
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 131
1908 - 1991
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 132
1908 - 1984
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 133
1908 - 1983
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 134
1915 - 2006
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 122
1898 - 2006
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 123
1944 - 2006
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 124
1923 - 2006
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 125
1922 - 2006
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 126
1941 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 127
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 128
1923 - 2006
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 129
1937 - 2006
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 130
1924 - 2006
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 131
1918 - 2006
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 132
1923 - 2006
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 133
1913 - 2006
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 134
Among people born in United States, Jack Williamson ranks 3,254 out of 18,182. Before him are Michael C. Hall (1971), Larry Niven (1938), Kamehameha IV (1834), Wilson Pickett (1941), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), and Ric Ocasek (1949). After him are Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Triple H (1969), Dennis Meadows (1942), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Walter Cronkite (1916), and George M. Dallas (1792).
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 3,248
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 3,249
1834 - 1863
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 3,250
1941 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 3,251
1902 - 2001
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 3,252
1949 - 2019
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 3,253
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 3,254
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 3,255
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 3,256
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 3,257
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 3,258
1916 - 2009
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 3,259
1792 - 1864
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 3,260
Among writers born in United States, Jack Williamson ranks 289. Before him are Howard Fast (1914), Richard Wright (1908), John Zerzan (1943), William Peter Blatty (1928), Anne McCaffrey (1926), and Larry Niven (1938). After him are Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Eric Roth (1945), Lawrence Block (1938), Budd Schulberg (1914), and Shere Hite (1942).
1914 - 2003
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 283
1908 - 1960
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 284
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 285
1928 - 2017
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 286
1926 - 2011
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 287
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 288
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 289
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 290
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 291
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 292
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 293
1914 - 2009
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 294
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 295