1940 - Today
John Thomas Grinder Jr. ( GRIN-dər; born January 10, 1940) is an American linguist, author, management consultant, trainer and speaker. Grinder is credited with co-creating neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) with Richard Bandler. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Grinder has received more than 305,733 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Grinder is the 1,955th most popular writer (down from 1,721st in 2019), the 2,553rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,155th in 2019) and the 230th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, John Grinder ranks 1,955 out of 5,755. Before him are Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Alfred Bester, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Countess of Ségur, Servius Sulpicius Rufus, and Piotr Skarga. After him are C. W. Ceram, Olga Rozanova, Gustav Schwab, Methodius of Olympus, Atsushi Nakajima, and Ji Kang.
1918 - 1970
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 1,949
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 1,950
1808 - 1890
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 1,951
1799 - 1874
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 1,952
100 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 1,953
1536 - 1612
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 1,954
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 1,955
1915 - 1972
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 1,956
1886 - 1918
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 1,957
1792 - 1850
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 1,958
260 - 311
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 1,959
1909 - 1942
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 1,960
223 - 262
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 1,961
Among people born in 1940, John Grinder ranks 151. Before him are Peter Diamond, Barbara Valentin, Jan Janssen, Ruth Dreifuss, Katharine Ross, and Peter Mutharika. After him are Enrico Bombieri, Franz Müntefering, Wilma Rudolph, Jill St. John, Leonard Susskind, and Petru Lucinschi.
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 145
1940 - 2002
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 146
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 147
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 148
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 149
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 150
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 151
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 152
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 153
1940 - 1994
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 154
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 155
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 156
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 157
Among people born in United States, John Grinder ranks 2,553 out of 18,182. Before him are Shannen Doherty (1971), Sue Lyon (1946), Joe Dante (1946), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Taylor Swift (1989), and Chris Rock (1965). After him are Don McLean (1945), Rodney Alcala (1943), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Ed McBain (1926), Charlie Wilson (1933), and Frank Marshall (1877).
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 2,547
1946 - 2019
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 2,548
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 2,549
1951 - 2002
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 2,550
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 2,551
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 2,552
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 2,553
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 2,554
1943 - 2021
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 2,555
1871 - 1965
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2,556
1926 - 2005
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2,557
1933 - 2010
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2,558
1877 - 1944
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2,559
Among writers born in United States, John Grinder ranks 230. Before him are Shirley Jackson (1916), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Anne Sexton (1928), Kate Millett (1934), Tony Robbins (1960), and Alfred Bester (1913). After him are Ed McBain (1926), Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Carl Sandburg (1878), Harlan Coben (1962), Michael Cunningham (1952), and Nelson Algren (1909).
1916 - 1965
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 224
1815 - 1902
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 225
1928 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 226
1934 - 2017
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 227
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 228
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 229
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 230
1926 - 2005
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 231
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 232
1878 - 1967
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 233
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 234
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 235
1909 - 1981
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 236