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James Bond

1900 - 1989

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James Bond (January 4, 1900 – February 14, 1989) was an American ornithologist and expert on the birds of the Caribbean, having written the definitive book on the subject: Birds of the West Indies, first published in 1936. He served as a curator of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Bond has received more than 18,234,739 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). James Bond is the 1,126th most popular writer (up from 1,584th in 2019), the 1,356th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,959th in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Writer.

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  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Bond ranks 1,126 out of 5,755Before him are Lin Yutang, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Meng Haoran, Joan Fuster, Gaius Asinius Pollio, and Assia Djebar. After him are Hrotsvitha, Lobsang Rampa, Ken Kesey, Eiji Yoshikawa, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, and Joachim du Bellay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, James Bond ranks 56Before him are Theodosius Dobzhansky, Aaron Copland, Gladwyn Jebb, Maurice Thorez, Sālote Tupou III, and Rudolf Diels. After him are Robert Siodmak, Nathalie Sarraute, Werner Haase, Pedro Cea, Katina Paxinou, and Mária Telkes. Among people deceased in 1989, James Bond ranks 53Before him are Irving Stone, Irving Berlin, John Payne, Lucille Ball, Cornel Wilde, and Graham Chapman. After him are Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Kaoru Ishikawa, Valentin Glushko, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Carlos Arias Navarro, and Charles J. Pedersen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Bond ranks 1,356 out of 18,182Before him are Clyde Drexler (1962), Courtney Love (1964), Michael Connelly (1956), Stan Kroenke (1947), Viola Davis (1965), and Oscar Robertson (1938). After him are Susan Hayward (1917), Betty Ford (1918), Andie MacDowell (1958), Charles Ives (1874), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), and Jack Elam (1920).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Bond ranks 136Before him are Cormac McCarthy (1933), Edith Wharton (1862), Nora Roberts (1950), Harry Harrison (1925), Virginia Henderson (1897), and Michael Connelly (1956). After him are Ken Kesey (1935), Rex Stout (1886), Jean M. Auel (1936), Robert Wilson (1941), Danielle Steel (1947), and Robert Jordan (1948).