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James Jones

1921 - 1977

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James Ramon Jones (November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977) was an American novelist renowned for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Jones has received more than 87,170 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. James Jones is the 942nd most popular writer (down from 924th in 2019), the 1,061st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,092nd in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Writer.

James Jones is most famous for his novel "From Here to Eternity" which is set in Hawaii and follows a group of soldiers stationed there during World War II.

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  • 87k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Jones ranks 942 out of 7,302. Before him are Ouyang Xiu, Joyce Carol Oates, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Leconte de Lisle, Rustichello da Pisa, and Nellie Bly. After him are Pierre Larousse, Rubén Darío, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Hans Sachs, L. Frank Baum, and Alexandra David-Néel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, James Jones ranks 53. Before him are Kenneth Arrow, Nexhmije Hoxha, Herschel Grynszpan, Georges Brassens, Mary Jackson, and Telmo Zarra. After him are Deborah Kerr, Harald Quandt, Zdeněk Miler, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Louis Jourdan, and Giuseppe Di Stefano. Among people deceased in 1977, James Jones ranks 33. Before him are Henri-Georges Clouzot, Edgar Adrian, Peter Finch, Gudrun Ensslin, Groucho Marx, and Sergey Ilyushin. After him are Abdel Halim Hafez, Ali Shariati, Clementine Churchill, Steve Biko, Francis Gary Powers, and Gangubai Kothewali.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Jones ranks 1,061 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Kirby (1917), Groucho Marx (1890), Frank B. Kellogg (1856), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Alicia Keys (1981), and Nellie Bly (1864). After him are John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899), Julian Schwinger (1918), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), L. Frank Baum (1856), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), and Philip Zimbardo (1933).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Jones ranks 104. Before him are Walter Lippmann (1889), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Clifford D. Simak (1904), Thomas Pynchon (1937), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), and Nellie Bly (1864). After him are L. Frank Baum (1856), Virginia Satir (1916), Stephen Covey (1932), Donna Leon (1942), Will Durant (1885), and Richard Matheson (1926).

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