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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 49,330 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Gardner is the 5,354th most popular writer (down from 4,941st in 2019), the 7,852nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,310th in 2019) and the 612th most popular American Writer.

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  • 49k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Gardner ranks 5,354 out of 7,302. Before him are Abdulla Aliş, Tom Peters, Birago Diop, Vernon Lee, Jane Bowles, and Hans Christian Branner. After him are Lars Ahlin, Charles Montagu Doughty, Wacław Potocki, Mary Welsh Hemingway, Daniel Tammet, and Andrew Murray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, John Gardner ranks 402. Before him are Maurinho, Michael Heseltine, Chris Lawrence, Horst Faas, Alexander Mitta, and Ellen Winther. After him are Hiroki Kosai, Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Abdon Pamich, Jean Carnahan, Tony Jay, and Judah Folkman. Among people deceased in 1982, John Gardner ranks 224. Before him are Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Frank Séchehaye, Kenneth More, Jovan Miladinović, Elis Wiklund, and Rafael Méndez. After him are Tauno Palo, Eleanor Powell, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, Max de Terra, Salvador Sánchez, and Iryna Vilde.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Gardner ranks 7,852 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles A. Beard (1874), Paul Dano (1984), Stuart Hameroff (1947), Anya Taylor-Joy (1996), Donna Mills (1940), and Lee Cronbach (1916). After him are Robben Ford (1951), Jaye Davidson (1968), William Alexander Morgan (1928), Tori Black (1988), Scott Weiland (1967), and Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Gardner ranks 612. Before him are Peter Gould (1950), David Brown (1916), Julie Garwood (1946), David S. Goyer (1965), Tom Peters (1942), and Jane Bowles (1917). After him are Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908), Roderick Thorp (1936), Ring Lardner (1885), Elizabeth Hawley (1923), Kristin Hannah (1960), and Fred Saberhagen (1930).

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