WRITER

Katherine Jackson

1930 - Today

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Katherine Esther Jackson (née Scruse; May 4, 1930) is the matriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers that includes her children Michael and Janet Jackson. Jackson was born as Kattie B. Screws in Clayton, Alabama on May 4, 1930, the elder daughter of Martha (née Upshaw; December 14, 1907 – April 30, 1990) and Prince Albert Screws (October 16, 1907 – January 21, 1997). Jackson contracted polio at age two, which left her with a noticeable limp. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katherine Jackson has received more than 7,433,097 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Katherine Jackson is the 2,539th most popular writer (up from 2,817th in 2019), the 3,208th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,689th in 2019) and the 277th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Katherine Jackson ranks 2,539 out of 7,302. Before her are Ottavio Rinuccini, Nima Yooshij, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Na Hye-sok, Aristeas, and Seichō Matsumoto. After her are Frano Selak, Şihabetdin Märcani, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Alexandra Ripley, Philo of Byblos, and Juan del Encina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Katherine Jackson ranks 196. Before her are Yuan Longping, Yuri Artyukhin, Elza Soares, Jean Ferrat, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, and Pyotr Bolotnikov. After her are Walter Mischel, John Barth, Clifford Brown, Tadao Kobayashi, Néstor Almendros, and Ernst Fuchs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katherine Jackson ranks 3,208 out of 20,380. Before her are Zach Galifianakis (1969), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), David Petraeus (1952), Andrew Fire (1959), Laurie Metcalf (1955), and Johnny Carson (1925). After her are Samuel Wilson (1766), Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979), Kristin Davis (1965), Brent Spiner (1949), Alexandra Ripley (1934), and Kevin A. Lynch (1918).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Katherine Jackson ranks 277. Before her are Alice B. Toklas (1877), Ron Kovic (1946), Donald E. Westlake (1933), Margaret Fuller (1810), John Edward Williams (1922), and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809). After her are Alexandra Ripley (1934), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Andrea Dworkin (1946), John Barth (1930), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), and Elmore Leonard (1925).

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