1930 - 2009
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 393,595 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Keel is the 4,848th most popular writer, the 7,096th most popular biography from United States and the 574th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, John Keel ranks 4,848 out of 5,755. Before him are Isabel-Clara Simó, José Bergamín, Werner Bergengruen, Osman Nuri Topbaş, Giorgi Leonidze, and Álvares de Azevedo. After him are Joseph Meyer, L. J. Smith, Victoire Léodile Béra, Michael Scott, Francis Bebey, and Margery Kempe.
1943 - 2020
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 4,842
1895 - 1983
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 4,843
1892 - 1964
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 4,844
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 4,845
1899 - 1966
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 4,846
1831 - 1852
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 4,847
1930 - 2009
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 4,848
1796 - 1856
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 4,849
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 4,850
1824 - 1900
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 4,851
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 4,852
1929 - 2001
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 4,853
1373 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 4,854
Among people born in 1930, John Keel ranks 391. Before him are Vera T. Sós, Innes Ireland, Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev, Henry Lincoln, Polly Bergen, and Edoardo Sanguineti. After him are Adolf Born, Elmira Minita Gordon, Jacques Parizeau, Monique Mercure, Burt Kwouk, and Jack Taylor. Among people deceased in 2009, John Keel ranks 254. Before him are Sergei Magnitsky, Türkan Saylan, Olja Ivanjicki, Roger Planchon, Ingemar Johansson, and Lei Clijsters. After him are Umberto Betti, Helen Levitt, Lloyd Ruby, Rose Friedman, Idea Vilariño, and Alfred Hrdlicka.
1930 - 2023
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 385
1930 - 1993
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 386
1930 - 2017
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 387
1930 - 2022
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 388
1930 - 2014
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 389
1930 - 2010
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 390
1930 - 2009
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 391
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 392
1930 - 2021
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 393
1930 - 2015
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 394
1930 - 2020
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 395
1930 - 2016
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 396
1930 - 2012
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 397
1972 - 2009
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 248
1935 - 2009
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 249
1931 - 2009
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 250
1931 - 2009
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 251
1924 - 2009
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 252
1956 - 2009
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 253
1930 - 2009
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 254
1922 - 2009
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 255
1913 - 2009
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 256
1928 - 2009
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 257
1910 - 2009
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 258
1920 - 2009
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 259
1928 - 2009
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 260
Among people born in United States, John Keel ranks 7,096 out of 18,182. Before him are Jerry Hardin (1929), Betty Bronson (1906), Candida Royalle (1950), Mary Anderson (1918), Galo Plaza (1906), and Billy Cunningham (1943). After him are Carl Johnson (1898), James Joseph Dresnok (1941), Amar Bose (1929), Chyler Leigh (1982), Criss Angel (1967), and Edward Condon (1902).
1929 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 7,090
1906 - 1971
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 7,091
1950 - 2015
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 7,092
1918 - 2014
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 7,093
1906 - 1987
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 7,094
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 7,095
1930 - 2009
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 7,096
1898 - 1932
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 7,097
1941 - 2016
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 7,098
1929 - 2013
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 7,099
1982 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 7,100
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 7,101
1902 - 1974
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 7,102
Among writers born in United States, John Keel ranks 574. Before him are Jack Finney (1911), Ernest Lehman (1915), Robert Lowell (1917), Ernie Pyle (1900), Candace Bushnell (1958), and Dee Brown (1908). After him are L. J. Smith (1965), Kenneth Copeland (1936), Karin Slaughter (1971), Rita Mae Brown (1944), John Green (1977), and Gardner Fox (1911).
1911 - 1995
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 568
1915 - 2005
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 569
1917 - 1977
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 570
1900 - 1945
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 571
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 572
1908 - 2002
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 573
1930 - 2009
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 574
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 575
1936 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 576
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 577
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 578
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 579
1911 - 1986
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 580