1955 - Today
John Ray Grisham Jr. (; born February 8, 1955, in Jonesboro, Arkansas) is an American novelist, lawyer and former member of the 7th district of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his popular legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 28 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 5,181,610 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). John Grisham is the 1,084th most popular writer (down from 1,026th in 2019), the 1,234th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,115th 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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Among writers, John Grisham ranks 1,084 out of 5,794. Before him are Gottfried Keller, Magtymguly Pyragy, Elizabeth Gaskell, Andreas Gryphius, Ernst Toller, and Nathalie Sarraute. After him are Donna Leon, Tivadar Soros, Juan Antonio Villacañas, Sergey Mikhalkov, Edogawa Ranpo, and Shammai.
1819 - 1890
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 1,078
1733 - 1807
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 1,079
1810 - 1865
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 1,080
1616 - 1664
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 1,081
1893 - 1939
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 1,082
1900 - 1999
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 1,083
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1,084
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1,085
1894 - 1968
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1,086
1922 - 2001
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1,087
1913 - 2009
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1,088
1894 - 1965
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 1,089
50 BC - 30
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,090
Among people born in 1955, John Grisham ranks 35. Before him are Billy Bob Thornton, Nina Hagen, François Cluzet, Mariano Rajoy, Dodi Fayed, and Carme Forcadell. After him are Roland Emmerich, Shoko Asahara, Binali Yıldırım, Denis Mukwege, Haitham bin Tariq, and Brendan Gleeson.
1955 - Present
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 29
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 30
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 31
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 32
1955 - 1997
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 33
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 34
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 35
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 36
1955 - 2018
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 37
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 38
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 39
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 40
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 41
Among people born in United States, John Grisham ranks 1,234 out of 15,968. Before him are Barry Nelson (1917), Vera Miles (1929), Grant Wood (1891), Aaron Copland (1900), John Payne (1912), and Lee Majors (1939). After him are Donna Leon (1942), John Saxon (1935), Walter Brennan (1894), Stan Smith (1946), Louis Ignarro (1941), and Valerie Solanas (1936).
1917 - 2007
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 1,228
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 1,229
1891 - 1942
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 1,230
1900 - 1990
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 1,231
1912 - 1989
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 1,232
1939 - Present
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 1,233
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1,234
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1,235
1935 - 2020
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1,236
1894 - 1974
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 1,237
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 1,238
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,239
1936 - 1988
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 1,240
Among writers born in United States, John Grisham ranks 125. Before him are Edith Wharton (1862), John Dickson Carr (1906), Fredric Brown (1906), Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840), Dalton Trumbo (1905), and Ken Kesey (1935). After him are Donna Leon (1942), Valerie Solanas (1936), Virginia Henderson (1897), Robert Sheckley (1928), Marshall Rosenberg (1934), and Diana Gabaldon (1952).
1862 - 1937
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 119
1906 - 1977
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 120
1906 - 1972
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 121
1840 - 1914
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 122
1905 - 1976
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 123
1935 - 2001
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 124
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 125
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 126
1936 - 1988
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 127
1897 - 1996
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 128
1928 - 2005
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 129
1934 - 2015
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 130
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 131