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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 83,507 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). James Jones is the 925th most popular writer (down from 848th in 2019), the 1,092nd most popular biography from United States (down from 917th in 2019) and the 106th 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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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Jones ranks 925 out of 5,755Before him are Miroslav Krleža, Machado de Assis, Agathon, Ibn al-Muqaffa', Aimé Césaire, and Jules Renard. After him are Alexandra David-Néel, Ben Jonson, Arthur Adamov, Roger Zelazny, Thietmar of Merseburg, and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, James Jones ranks 53Before him are Nexhmije Hoxha, Lydia Litvyak, Abdul Salam Arif, Paul Schäfer, Alida Valli, and Jane Russell. After him are Sugar Ray Robinson, Telmo Zarra, Seretse Khama, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, and Viktor Kulikov. Among people deceased in 1977, James Jones ranks 32Before him are Andreas Baader, Edgar Adrian, Clementine Churchill, Lee Miller, Ali Shariati, and Henri-Georges Clouzot. After him are Naum Gabo, Gudrun Ensslin, Sergey Ilyushin, Archibald Hill, Peter Finch, and Olave Baden-Powell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Jones ranks 1,092 out of 18,182Before him are William H. Macy (1950), Muddy Waters (1913), Éamon de Valera (1882), Edmund Phelps (1933), Douglas Fairbanks (1883), and Jonathan Demme (1944). After him are Edmund Kemper (1948), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), Roger Zelazny (1937), Larry Page (1973), and Bob Kahn (1938).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Jones ranks 106Before him are Jean Webster (1876), Clifford D. Simak (1904), John Updike (1932), John Grisham (1955), Daniel Goleman (1946), and Noah Gordon (1926). After him are Roger Zelazny (1937), Marshall Rosenberg (1934), Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840), Eleanor H. Porter (1868), Richard Matheson (1926), and Stephen Crane (1871).