GAME DESIGNER

Jeff Kinney

1971 - Today

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Jeffrey Patrick Kinney (born February 19, 1971) is an American author and cartoonist. He is best known for creating, writing and illustrating the children's book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeff Kinney has received more than 1,156,045 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Jeff Kinney is the 6th most popular game designer, the 1,887th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,165th in 2019) and the most popular American Game Designer.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Jeff Kinney ranks 6 out of 77Before him are Shigeru Miyamoto, Hideo Kojima, Alexey Pajitnov, Markus Persson, and Ralph H. Baer. After him are Gunpei Yokoi, Gabe Newell, Satoru Iwata, Satoshi Tajiri, Lizzie Magie, and Klaus Teuber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Jeff Kinney ranks 31Before him are Sacha Baron Cohen, Henrik Larsson, Unai Emery, Thalía, Vitali Klitschko, and Ma Dong-seok. After him are Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Pedro Alonso, Pete Sampras, Nathan Fillion, Alex Borstein, and Sofia Coppola.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeff Kinney ranks 1,887 out of 20,380Before him are Jack Daniel (1850), Richard Avedon (1923), Stanley Kramer (1913), Angie Dickinson (1931), Hank Williams (1923), and Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868). After him are Brad Davis (1949), Ron Paul (1935), Charles W. Morris (1903), Cyrus Vance (1917), Victor French (1934), and Jim Garrison (1921).

Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Jeff Kinney ranks 1After him are Gabe Newell (1962), Lizzie Magie (1866), Gary Gygax (1938), Dave Arneson (1947), Carol Shaw (1955), Will Wright (1960), Scott Cawthon (1971), John Carmack (1970), John Romero (1967), Steve Jackson (1953), and Ed Boon (1964).