WRITER

Khaled Hosseini

1965 - Today

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Khaled Hosseini (; Persian/Pashto خالد حسینی [ˈxɒled hoˈsejni]; born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan-American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel The Kite Runner (2003) was a critical and commercial success; the book and his subsequent novels have all been at least partially set in Afghanistan and have featured an Afghan as the protagonist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khaled Hosseini has received more than 3,157,606 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Khaled Hosseini is the 1,323rd most popular writer (down from 954th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Afghan Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Khaled Hosseini ranks 1,323 out of 7,302. Before him are Rasul Gamzatov, Zachris Topelius, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Khaqani, Anthony Bourdain, and Lee Child. After him are Antoine-Henri Jomini, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Blaise de Vigenère, Odo of Cluny, Artemidorus, and Pierre Drieu La Rochelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Khaled Hosseini ranks 33. Before him are Oleksandr Syrskyi, Brooke Shields, Ange Postecoglou, Viola Davis, Slash, and Shamil Basayev. After him are Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Diane Lane, Michael Bay, Moby, Mick Foley, and Aldair.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Khaled Hosseini ranks 43 out of 177. Before him are Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), Menander I (-190), Ibn al-Rawandi (827), and Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424). After him are Mas'ud I of Ghazni (998), Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Sher Ali Khan (1825), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), and Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968).

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Among WRITERS In Afghanistan

Among writers born in Afghanistan, Khaled Hosseini ranks 3. Before him are Rumi (1207), and Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441). After him are Sanai (1080), Rabia Balkhi (1000), Gulbadan Begum (1523), Unsuri (980), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Nadia Anjuman (1981), Nadia Ghulam (1985), and Niloofar Rahmani (1992).

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