1921 - 1977
James Ramon Jones (November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977) was an American novelist known 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 74,311 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). James Jones is the 848th most popular writer (up from 851st in 2019), the 918th most popular biography from United States (up from 924th in 2019) and the 98th 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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Among writers, James Jones ranks 848 out of 5,794. Before him are Machado de Assis, Joannes Zonaras, Salvatore Quasimodo, Sidonius Apollinaris, André Bazin, and Aelius Donatus. After him are Rubén Darío, Issei Sagawa, John Updike, Virginia Satir, Ingeborg Bachmann, and Quintus Tullius Cicero.
1839 - 1908
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 842
1074 - 1130
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 843
1901 - 1968
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 844
430 - 489
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 845
1918 - 1958
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 846
320 - 380
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 847
1921 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 848
1867 - 1916
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 849
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 850
1932 - 2009
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 851
1916 - 1988
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 852
1926 - 1973
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 853
102 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 854
Among people born in 1921, James Jones ranks 43. Before him are Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Telmo Zarra, Akio Morita, Lana Turner, Lotfi A. Zadeh, and Satyajit Ray. After him are Lydia Litvyak, Alida Valli, Edgar Morin, Sugar Ray Robinson, Marija Gimbutas, and Arthur Leonard Schawlow. Among people deceased in 1977, James Jones ranks 29. Before him are Clarice Lispector, Ali Shariati, Peter Finch, Andreas Baader, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, and Groucho Marx. After him are Henri-Georges Clouzot, Gudrun Ensslin, Sergey Ilyushin, Naum Gabo, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and Archibald Hill.
1921 - 2011
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 37
1921 - 2006
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 38
1921 - 1999
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 39
1921 - 1995
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 40
1921 - 2017
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 41
1921 - 1992
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 42
1921 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 43
1921 - 1943
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 44
1921 - 2006
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 45
1921 - Present
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 46
1921 - 1989
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 47
1921 - 1994
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 48
1921 - 1999
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 49
1920 - 1977
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 23
1933 - 1977
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 24
1916 - 1977
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 25
1943 - 1977
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 26
1898 - 1977
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 27
1890 - 1977
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 28
1921 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 29
1907 - 1977
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 30
1940 - 1977
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 31
1894 - 1977
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 32
1890 - 1977
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 33
1896 - 1977
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 34
1886 - 1977
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 35
Among people born in United States, James Jones ranks 918 out of 15,968. Before him are George F. Kennan (1904), Melvin Schwartz (1932), Willie Nelson (1933), Steve Martin (1945), Mark David Chapman (1955), and Percy Spencer (1894). After him are Lillian Gish (1893), Karl Malden (1912), Stan Getz (1927), Louise Fletcher (1934), Lance Henriksen (1940), and Barbara Stanwyck (1907).
1904 - 2005
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 912
1932 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 913
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 914
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 915
1955 - Present
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 916
1894 - 1970
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 917
1921 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 918
1893 - 1993
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 919
1912 - 2009
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 920
1927 - 1991
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 921
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 922
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 923
1907 - 1990
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 924
Among writers born in United States, James Jones ranks 98. Before him are Sinclair Lewis (1885), Anne Rice (1941), Daniel Keyes (1927), Thomas Pynchon (1937), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), and Solomon Northup (1808). After him are John Updike (1932), Virginia Satir (1916), Richard Matheson (1926), Walter Lippmann (1889), Jean Webster (1876), and H. L. Mencken (1880).
1885 - 1951
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 92
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 93
1927 - 2014
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 94
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 95
1807 - 1882
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 96
1808 - 1863
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 97
1921 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 98
1932 - 2009
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 99
1916 - 1988
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 100
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 101
1889 - 1974
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 102
1876 - 1916
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 103
1880 - 1956
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 104