1921 - 1977
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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Among writers, James Jones ranks 925 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1893 - 1981
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 919
1839 - 1908
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 920
448 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 921
724 - 756
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 922
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 923
1864 - 1910
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 924
1921 - 1977
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 925
1868 - 1969
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 926
1572 - 1637
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 927
1908 - 1970
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 928
1937 - 1995
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 929
975 - 1018
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 930
1838 - 1889
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 931
Among people born in 1921, James Jones ranks 53. Before 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 32. Before 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.
1921 - 2020
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 47
1921 - 1943
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 48
1921 - 1966
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 49
1921 - 2010
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 50
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 51
1921 - 2011
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 52
1921 - 1977
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 53
1921 - 1989
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 54
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 55
1921 - 1980
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 56
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 57
1921 - 1993
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 58
1921 - 2013
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 59
1943 - 1977
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 26
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 27
1885 - 1977
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 28
1907 - 1977
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 29
1933 - 1977
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 30
1907 - 1977
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 31
1921 - 1977
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 32
1890 - 1977
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 33
1940 - 1977
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 34
1894 - 1977
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 35
1886 - 1977
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 36
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 37
1889 - 1977
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 38
Among people born in United States, James Jones ranks 1,092 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 1,086
1913 - 1983
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 1,087
1882 - 1975
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 1,088
1933 - Present
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 1,089
1883 - 1939
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 1,090
1944 - 2017
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 1,091
1921 - 1977
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 1,092
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 1,093
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 1,094
1921 - 1989
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 1,095
1937 - 1995
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 1,096
1973 - Present
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 1,097
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 1,098
Among writers born in United States, James Jones ranks 106. Before 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).
1876 - 1916
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 100
1904 - 1988
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 101
1932 - 2009
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 102
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 103
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 104
1926 - 2021
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 105
1921 - 1977
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 106
1937 - 1995
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 107
1934 - 2015
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 108
1840 - 1914
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 109
1868 - 1920
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 110
1926 - 2013
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 111
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 112