1907 - 1997
James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating detailed history. Many of his works were bestsellers and were chosen by the Book of the Month Club; he was known for the meticulous research that went into his books.Michener's books include Tales of the South Pacific, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948; Hawaii; The Drifters; Centennial; The Source; The Fires of Spring; Chesapeake; Caribbean; Caravans; Alaska; Texas; Space; Poland; and The Bridges at Toko-ri. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James A. Michener has received more than 1,300,193 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). James A. Michener is the 3,019th most popular writer (up from 3,112th in 2019), the 3,895th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,897th in 2019) and the 350th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, James A. Michener ranks 3,019 out of 5,794. Before him are Sogyal Rinpoche, Aurora Mardiganian, Manès Sperber, Henry Kuttner, Willem Frederik Hermans, and Josef Jungmann. After him are Xiao Hong, Walter Map, Claude Farrère, Jorge Isaacs, Esaias Tegnér, and Theodore Bibliander.
1947 - 2019
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 3,013
1901 - 1994
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 3,014
1905 - 1984
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 3,015
1915 - 1958
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,016
1921 - 1995
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,017
1773 - 1847
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,018
1907 - 1997
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,019
1911 - 1942
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,020
1140 - 1210
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,021
1876 - 1957
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,022
1837 - 1895
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,023
1782 - 1846
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 3,024
1500 - 1564
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 3,025
Among people born in 1907, James A. Michener ranks 152. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, Miguel Torga, Roman Rudenko, Gene Autry, Frederick Copleston, and Ramon Magsaysay. After him are Ethel Smith, Raymond Braine, Marcel Bezençon, James M. Gavin, Parvin E'tesami, and Helmut Walcha. Among people deceased in 1997, James A. Michener ranks 124. Before him are Dick van Dijk, Anatoli Boukreev, Harold Robbins, Brian Keith, K. Shivaram Karanth, and Josef Pieper. After him are Joan Coromines, Saw Maung, Edmond Leburton, David Doyle, Diosdado Macapagal, and Anatoliy Banishevskiy.
1907 - 1951
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 146
1907 - 1995
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 147
1907 - 1981
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 148
1907 - 1998
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 149
1907 - 1994
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 150
1907 - 1957
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 151
1907 - 1997
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 152
1907 - 1979
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 153
1907 - 1978
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 154
1907 - 1981
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 155
1907 - 1990
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 156
1907 - 1941
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 157
1907 - 1991
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 158
1946 - 1997
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 118
1958 - 1997
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 119
1916 - 1997
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 120
1921 - 1997
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 121
1902 - 1997
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 122
1904 - 1997
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 123
1907 - 1997
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 124
1905 - 1997
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 125
1928 - 1997
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 126
1915 - 1997
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 127
1929 - 1997
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 128
1910 - 1997
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 129
1946 - 1997
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 130
Among people born in United States, James A. Michener ranks 3,895 out of 15,968. Before him are Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820), Roy Buchanan (1939), Henry Kuttner (1915), Timothy Hutton (1960), Margaret Hamilton (1902), and Lee Haney (1959). After him are Frank Morgan (1890), Kathleen Freeman (1919), Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Joanna Cassidy (1945), and James Nachtwey (1948).
1820 - 1889
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 3,889
1939 - 1988
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 3,890
1915 - 1958
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,891
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,892
1902 - 1985
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,893
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,894
1907 - 1997
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,895
1890 - 1949
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 3,896
1919 - 2001
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 3,897
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 3,898
1829 - 1869
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 3,899
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 3,900
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 3,901
Among writers born in United States, James A. Michener ranks 350. Before him are Wallace Stevens (1879), Steve Berry (1955), Eric Carle (1929), John Perkins (1945), Vince Gilligan (1967), and Henry Kuttner (1915). After him are Gregory Benford (1941), Ron Kovic (1946), R. A. Salvatore (1959), Laura Bridgman (1829), Charles Fort (1874), and James Rollins (1961).
1879 - 1955
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 344
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 345
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 346
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 347
1967 - Present
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 348
1915 - 1958
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 349
1907 - 1997
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 350
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 351
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 352
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 353
1829 - 1889
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 354
1874 - 1932
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 355
1961 - Present
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 356