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Jon Lee Anderson

1957 - Today

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Jon Lee Anderson (born January 15, 1957) is an American biographer, author, investigative reporter, war correspondent, and staff writer for The New Yorker, reporting from war zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Uganda, Palestine, El Salvador, Ireland, Lebanon, Iran, and throughout the Middle East as well as during Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts with K38 Water Safety as documented in the New Yorker article Leaving Desire. Anderson has also written for The New York Times, Harper's, Life, and The Nation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon Lee Anderson has received more than 209,284 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jon Lee Anderson is the 7,021st most popular writer, the 15,847th most popular biography from United States and the 1,110th most popular American Writer.

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  • 16

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  • 1.94

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  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jon Lee Anderson ranks 7,021 out of 7,302Before him are Helen Dunmore, Chenjerai Hove, P. J. O'Rourke, Lotta Lotass, Shashi Deshpande, and Paul Beatty. After him are Ruta Sepetys, Jan Böhmermann, Radka Denemarková, Becca Fitzpatrick, Candace Owens, and Yvonne Vera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Jon Lee Anderson ranks 736Before him are Vladimir Alikin, Yuji Tsukada, Sheila Ingram, Nadine Dorries, Gurdas Maan, and Ratna Pathak. After him are Hilda Solis, Katherine Freese, Adrian Edmondson, Peeter Järvelaid, Cindy Sheehan, and Leslie Browne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jon Lee Anderson ranks 15,847 out of 20,380Before him are Christopher Showerman (1971), Leven Rambin (1990), Emma Bell (1986), Paul Beatty (1962), Julianne Hough (1988), and Rebecca Wisocky (1971). After him are Shelby Lynne (1968), Hilda Solis (1957), JJ Feild (1978), Tanya Tucker (1958), Brian Holland (1941), and Howard K. Smith (1914).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jon Lee Anderson ranks 1,110Before him are Patrick Ness (1971), Julie Powell (1973), Bryan Konietzko (1975), Michael Savage (1942), P. J. O'Rourke (1947), and Paul Beatty (1962). After him are Ruta Sepetys (1967), Becca Fitzpatrick (1979), Candace Owens (1989), George Will (1941), Geoff Johns (1973), and Walt Dohrn (1970).