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Larry Niven

1938 - Today

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Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry Niven has received more than 1,002,767 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Niven is the 2,501st most popular writer (down from 2,253rd in 2019), the 3,249th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,835th in 2019) and the 288th most popular American Writer.

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  • 53.32

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Larry Niven ranks 2,501 out of 5,755Before him are Francisco Ayala, Maciej Stryjkowski, Édouard Glissant, E. Nesbit, Anne McCaffrey, and Vasko Popa. After him are Alessandro Baricco, Juan Ruiz, James Aldridge, Jack Williamson, Edgar Lee Masters, and Heinrich Hoffmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Larry Niven ranks 190Before him are James W. Christy, Daniel Buren, Perry Anderson, Jim Simons, Yuri Temirkanov, and Carmela Corren. After him are Lawrence Block, Adolf Scherer, Jacqueline Andere, Jesús María Pereda, McCoy Tyner, and Tufuga Efi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Niven ranks 3,249 out of 18,182Before him are Anne McCaffrey (1926), Stone Cold Steve Austin (1964), Gene Amdahl (1922), Peter Cetera (1944), Max Baer (1909), and Michael C. Hall (1971). After him are Kamehameha IV (1834), Wilson Pickett (1941), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), Ric Ocasek (1949), Jack Williamson (1908), and Edgar Lee Masters (1868).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Larry Niven ranks 288Before him are Jim Thompson (1906), Howard Fast (1914), Richard Wright (1908), John Zerzan (1943), William Peter Blatty (1928), and Anne McCaffrey (1926). After him are Jack Williamson (1908), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Eric Roth (1945), Lawrence Block (1938), and Budd Schulberg (1914).