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Joan Didion

American writer

1934 - 2021

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Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2024). Joan Didion is the 2,139th most popular writer (down from 1,738th in 2024), the 3,109th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,181st in 2019) and the 251st most popular American Writer.

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Joan Didion ranks #6 among 72 notable people born in Sacramento, California, United States, inside the top 9% by HPI.

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Joan Didion's Wikipedia page drew 780k views over the past year, 6.4× the average among Writers.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Joan Didion ranks 2,139 out of 7,707. Before her are Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Richard Aldington, Carl Zuckmayer, Cangrande I della Scala, Inger Christensen, and Jón Arason. After her are Lu Ji, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Elizabeth von Arnim, John Kennedy Toole, Alberto Manguel, and Paul Hazard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Joan Didion ranks 144. Before her are Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma, Sarah Kofman, Ken Matthews, Jean Marsh, Kate Millett, and Francesco Monterisi. After her are Mohamed Ennaceur, Bill Cobbs, Lucien Bianchi, Tatiana Samoilova, George Chakiris, and Harlan Ellison. Among people deceased in 2021, Joan Didion ranks 160. Before her are Anna Chromý, Terry Cooper, Willy van der Kuijlen, Ned Beatty, Kurt Westergaard, and János Kornai. After her are Michael Apted, Olympia Dukakis, Charles Grodin, Humberto Maturana, Renée Simonot, and Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Didion ranks 3,109 out of 23,232. Before her are Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), SZA (1990), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Toby Keith (1961), Tim Scott (1965), and Melissa Leo (1960). After her are Annie Potts (1952), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Elizabeth Bolden (1890), Bill Cobbs (1934), John Kennedy Toole (1937), and Alfre Woodard (1952).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joan Didion ranks 251. Before her are Edmond Hamilton (1904), Kate Millett (1934), John W. Campbell (1910), William Steig (1907), Lewis Mumford (1895), and Harold Bloom (1930). After her are John Kennedy Toole (1937), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), Raymond E. Feist (1945), and Anne Applebaum (1964).

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