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 248,606 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Grinder is the 1,722nd most popular writer (down from 1,703rd in 2019), the 2,156th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,973rd in 2019) and the 203rd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, John Grinder ranks 1,722 out of 5,794. Before him are Thomas Keneally, Eino Leino, Fredric Jameson, Juan Donoso Cortés, Gaius Julius Solinus, and Ted Hughes. After him are Otfried Preußler, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, Shen Yue, Dora d'Istria, Rainis, and David Lodge.
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 1,716
1878 - 1926
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 1,717
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 1,718
1809 - 1853
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 1,719
400 - 400
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 1,720
1930 - 1998
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 1,721
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 1,722
1923 - 2013
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 1,723
1746 - 1830
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 1,724
441 - 513
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 1,725
1828 - 1888
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 1,726
1865 - 1929
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 1,727
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 1,728
Among people born in 1940, John Grinder ranks 135. Before him are John Havlicek, Ricky Nelson, Max Mosley, Annie Ernaux, Joseph L. Goldstein, and Jerzy Buzek. After him are Jan Janssen, Iva Zanicchi, Taihō Kōki, Peter Diamond, Denny Doherty, and Peter Mutharika.
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 129
1940 - 1985
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 130
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 131
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 132
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 133
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 134
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 135
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 136
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 137
1940 - 2013
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 138
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 139
1940 - 2007
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 140
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 141
Among people born in United States, John Grinder ranks 2,156 out of 15,968. Before him are Michael P. Anderson (1959), Fredric Jameson (1934), Agnes Moorehead (1900), Victor Mature (1913), Ruth Gordon (1896), and Richard Kuklinski (1935). After him are Stevie Nicks (1948), Michael Jeter (1952), Wes Anderson (1969), George Strait (1952), Ray Harryhausen (1920), and Dick York (1928).
1959 - 2003
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 2,150
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 2,151
1900 - 1974
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 2,152
1913 - 1999
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 2,153
1896 - 1985
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 2,154
1935 - 2006
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 2,155
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 2,156
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 2,157
1952 - 2003
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 2,158
1969 - Present
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 2,159
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 2,160
1920 - 2013
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 2,161
1928 - 1992
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 2,162
Among writers born in United States, John Grinder ranks 203. Before him are James B. Donovan (1916), Ivy Lee (1877), Nora Roberts (1950), E. E. Cummings (1894), Terry Brooks (1944), and Fredric Jameson (1934). After him are Djuna Barnes (1892), David Woodard (1964), Siri Hustvedt (1955), Betty Friedan (1921), Langston Hughes (1902), and Raymond E. Feist (1945).
1916 - 1970
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 197
1877 - 1934
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 198
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 199
1894 - 1962
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 200
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 201
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 202
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 203
1892 - 1982
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 204
1964 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 205
1955 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 206
1921 - 2006
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 207
1902 - 1967
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 208
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 209