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John Grisham

1955 - Today

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John Ray Grisham Jr. (; born February 8, 1955) is an American novelist, lawyer, and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Along with Tom Clancy and J. K. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Grisham has received more than 7,116,936 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). John Grisham is the 1,127th most popular writer (down from 899th in 2019), the 1,324th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,057th in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Writer.

John Grisham is most famous for his novels, which are usually legal thrillers.

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  • 7.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Grisham ranks 1,127 out of 7,302. Before him are Norman Mailer, Antarah ibn Shaddad, Agathon, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, Lü Dongbin, and Edmund Spenser. After him are August von Kotzebue, Lycophron, Clément Marot, Sami Frashëri, John Updike, and Fredric Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, John Grisham ranks 58. Before him are Philippe Troussier, Zucchero Fornaciari, Jorge Valdano, Ante Gotovina, Al-Waleed bin Talal, and Safet Sušić. After him are J. K. Simmons, Jean Tigana, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Michael Rooker, Billy Idol, and Eddie Van Halen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Grisham ranks 1,324 out of 20,380. Before him are Eliot Ness (1903), Larry King (1933), James Spader (1960), Ben E. King (1938), Wes Anderson (1969), and Mahalia Jackson (1911). After him are Michael Rockefeller (1938), Mark Ruffalo (1967), J. K. Simmons (1955), Dr. Dre (1965), Ronald Dworkin (1931), and William Boeing (1881).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Grisham ranks 125. Before him are Tess Gerritsen (1953), Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Valerie Solanas (1936), Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840), Michael Connelly (1956), and Norman Mailer (1923). After him are John Updike (1932), Fredric Brown (1906), Anne Rice (1941), E. Howard Hunt (1918), John Jacob Astor IV (1864), and Solomon Northup (1808).

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