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John Gardner

1933 - 1982

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John Champlin Gardner Jr. (July 21, 1933 – September 14, 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Gardner has received more than 47,659 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John Gardner is the 4,958th most popular writer (down from 4,517th in 2019), the 7,325th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,687th in 2019) and the 596th most popular American Writer.

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  • 48k

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  • 45.35

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Gardner ranks 4,958 out of 5,755Before him are Ion Agârbiceanu, Thomas M. Disch, Anna Maria Ortese, Yoko Tawada, Oliverio Girondo, and Susanna Kaysen. After him are Mark Haddon, Thomas Ligotti, Henryk Rzewuski, Birago Diop, Anšlavs Eglītis, and Eve Ensler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, John Gardner ranks 345Before him are Conway Twitty, Constance Towers, Ahmed al-Senussi, Ruth Arnon, Viktor Kapitonov, and Ulrich Biesinger. After him are Horst Faas, Robert Chartoff, Bobby Helms, Yelena Gorchakova, Hiroshi Suzuki, and Levente Lengyel. Among people deceased in 1982, John Gardner ranks 211Before him are Vasily Rudenkov, Satchel Paige, Charles Walters, Erik Larsson, Carmelo Robledo, and Arturo Rodríguez. After him are BP Koirala, Kenneth More, Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Hermanni Pihlajamäki, Hans Drakenberg, and Ed Hamm.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Gardner ranks 7,325 out of 18,182Before him are Patricia Richardson (1951), Bill Haywood (1869), David Diamond (1915), Robert Atkins (1930), Earl Tupper (1907), and Susanna Kaysen (1948). After him are David Hess (1936), Greg Louganis (1960), Christopher George (1931), Thomas Ligotti (1953), Robert John Burke (1960), and Elliott Smith (1969).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Gardner ranks 596Before him are James C. Collins (1958), Nicholas Meyer (1945), Scott O'Dell (1898), Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942), Peter S. Beagle (1939), and Susanna Kaysen (1948). After him are Thomas Ligotti (1953), Eve Ensler (1953), Bo Goldman (1932), Robert Charles Wilson (1953), John Logan (1961), and Fred Saberhagen (1930).