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John Keel

1930 - 2009

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John Alva Keel, born Alva John Kiehle (March 25, 1930 – July 3, 2009), was an American journalist and influential ufologist who is known best as author of The Mothman Prophecies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Keel has received more than 433,410 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Keel is the 5,509th most popular writer (down from 4,831st in 2019), the 8,189th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,081st in 2019) and the 633rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 430k

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  • 53.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Keel ranks 5,509 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Isabelle Collin Dufresne, Thomas Nashe, Claudio Williman, Jacques de Lacretelle, and Jan Parandowski. After him are Gevorg Emin, Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, Niccolò Ammaniti, Eva Ibbotson, Brigitte Reimann, and Philaenis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, John Keel ranks 471. Before him are Nathan Zach, Fred Saberhagen, Bob Mathias, Anton Donchev, Cabeção, and Ty Hardin. After him are Andy White, Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Vladimir Andreyev, Kenneth Frampton, Jasraj, and Juan Alberto Melgar Castro. Among people deceased in 2009, John Keel ranks 283. Before him are Alan A'Court, John Martyn, Ernst Benda, Türkan Saylan, Milan Rúfus, and Klavdiya Boyarskikh. After him are Ricardo Londoño, Uma Aaltonen, Dell Hymes, Ine Schäffer, Stanley Jaki, and Umberto Betti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Keel ranks 8,189 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Tappan Morris (1965), Morrison Waite (1816), Bert Schneider (1897), Bill Bradley (1943), Talia Balsam (1959), and Tovah Feldshuh (1952). After him are Marshall Allman (1984), John J. Sullivan (1959), Lyman Lemnitzer (1899), Don Carlos Buell (1818), Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851), and Kenneth Lay (1942).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Keel ranks 633. Before him are John Varley (1947), Richard Scarry (1919), Jeffrey Eugenides (1960), Martin Cruz Smith (1942), Amy Tan (1952), and Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836). After him are Ted Chiang (1967), Michael Herr (1940), Norman Cousins (1915), Tim Powers (1952), Rick Warren (1954), and Kenneth Burke (1897).

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