1926 - 2012
Joseph Vincent Paterno (; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, athletic director, and coach. He was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011. With 409 victories, Paterno is the most victorious coach in NCAA FBS history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Paterno has received more than 5,094,410 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Paterno is the 5,781st most popular writer (down from 4,456th in 2019), the 10,799th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,533rd in 2019) and the 812th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Joe Paterno ranks 5,781 out of 5,755. Before him are Daniel Handler, Arvi Pohjanpää, Sue Monk Kidd, James Lipton, James Branch Cabell, and Lawrence Wright. After him are Tierno Monénembo, Mo Hayder, Joel Barlow, Damon Lindelof, Christopher Fry, and Polly Samson.
1970 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 5,775
1887 - 1959
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 5,776
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 5,777
1926 - 2020
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 5,778
1879 - 1958
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 5,779
1947 - Present
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 5,780
1926 - 2012
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 5,781
1947 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 5,782
1962 - 2021
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 5,783
1754 - 1812
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 5,784
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 5,785
1907 - 2005
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 5,786
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 5,787
Among people born in 1926, Joe Paterno ranks 453. Before him are Don Messick, Sonja Åkesson, Jan Morris, R. L. Burnside, James Lipton, and Jane Withers. After him are Jimmy Bryan, Karl Gordon Henize, Beverly Garland, Valentin Kuzin, H. R. F. Keating, and Cathy Downs. Among people deceased in 2012, Joe Paterno ranks 406. Before him are Rino Ferrario, Homai Vyarawalla, Nicholas Katzenbach, Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Andrew Sarris, and Turhan Bey. After him are Kitty Wells, Helen Gurley Brown, Arthur Jensen, Mehdi Hassan, John Arden, and Frederica Sagor Maas.
1926 - 1997
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 447
1926 - 1977
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 448
1926 - 2020
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 449
1926 - 2005
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 450
1926 - 2020
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 451
1926 - 2021
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 452
1926 - 2012
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 453
1926 - 1960
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 454
1926 - 1993
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 455
1926 - 2008
HPI: 40.00
Rank: 456
1926 - 1994
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 457
1926 - 2011
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 458
1926 - 1976
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 459
1926 - 2012
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 400
1913 - 2012
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 401
1922 - 2012
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 402
1912 - 2012
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 403
1928 - 2012
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 404
1922 - 2012
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 405
1926 - 2012
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 406
1919 - 2012
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 407
1922 - 2012
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 408
1923 - 2012
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 409
1927 - 2012
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 410
1930 - 2012
HPI: 39.86
Rank: 411
1900 - 2012
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 412
Among people born in United States, Joe Paterno ranks 10,799 out of 18,182. Before him are Carmine Giovinazzo (1973), Carl Levin (1934), Jane Randolph (1914), Jeremy Strong (1978), Chuck Leavell (1952), and Walter Frederick Morrison (1920). After him are Fred Schneider (1951), Jonathan Breck (1965), Colton Ford (1962), David Del Tredici (1937), John F. Seitz (1892), and Melanie Martinez (1995).
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.21
Rank: 10,793
1934 - 2021
HPI: 40.21
Rank: 10,794
1914 - 2009
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 10,795
1978 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 10,796
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 10,797
1920 - 2010
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 10,798
1926 - 2012
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 10,799
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 10,800
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 10,801
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 10,802
1937 - 2023
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 10,803
1892 - 1979
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 10,804
1995 - Present
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 10,805
Among writers born in United States, Joe Paterno ranks 812. Before him are Linda Woolverton (1952), Daniel Handler (1970), Sue Monk Kidd (1948), James Lipton (1926), James Branch Cabell (1879), and Lawrence Wright (1947). After him are Joel Barlow (1754), Damon Lindelof (1973), Robert Rodat (1953), Laurell K. Hamilton (1963), Tom Wilson (1931), and Helen Gurley Brown (1922).
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 806
1970 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 807
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 808
1926 - 2020
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 809
1879 - 1958
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 810
1947 - Present
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 811
1926 - 2012
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 812
1754 - 1812
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 813
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 814
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 815
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.14
Rank: 816
1931 - 1978
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 817
1922 - 2012
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 818