1938 - Today
Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lawrence Block has received more than 495,473 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Lawrence Block is the 2,530th most popular writer (down from 2,408th in 2019), the 3,277th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,051st in 2019) and the 293rd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Lawrence Block ranks 2,530 out of 5,755. Before him are Ram Prasad Bismil, Isak Samokovlija, Eric Roth, Yi Kwang-su, Mahasweta Devi, and Aelred of Rievaulx. After him are Sumitranandan Pant, Mary Astell, Timotheus of Miletus, Miklós Radnóti, He Zhizhang, and Lu Ji.
1897 - 1927
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 2,524
1889 - 1955
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 2,525
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 2,526
1892 - 1950
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 2,527
1926 - 2016
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 2,528
1110 - 1167
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 2,529
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 2,530
1900 - 1977
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 2,531
1666 - 1731
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 2,532
450 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 2,533
1909 - 1944
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 2,534
659 - 744
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 2,535
261 - 303
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 2,536
Among people born in 1938, Lawrence Block ranks 191. Before him are Daniel Buren, Perry Anderson, Jim Simons, Yuri Temirkanov, Carmela Corren, and Larry Niven. After him are Adolf Scherer, Jacqueline Andere, Jesús María Pereda, McCoy Tyner, Tufuga Efi, and Zbigniew Religa.
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 185
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 186
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 187
1938 - 2023
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 188
1938 - 2022
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 189
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 190
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 191
1938 - 2023
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 192
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 193
1938 - 2011
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 194
1938 - 2020
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 195
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 196
1938 - 2009
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 197
Among people born in United States, Lawrence Block ranks 3,277 out of 18,182. Before him are Tyga (1989), Eric Roth (1945), Jay Rockefeller (1937), Dan Blocker (1928), Charles Duke (1935), and Maurice Hilleman (1919). After him are Louis Farrakhan (1933), Tate Donovan (1963), Richard Axel (1946), Dakota Johnson (1989), Joan Cusack (1962), and Wayne Knight (1955).
1989 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 3,271
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 3,272
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 3,273
1928 - 1972
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 3,274
1935 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 3,275
1919 - 2005
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 3,276
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 3,277
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 3,278
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 3,279
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 3,280
1989 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 3,281
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 3,282
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 3,283
Among writers born in United States, Lawrence Block ranks 293. Before him are Anne McCaffrey (1926), Larry Niven (1938), Jack Williamson (1908), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Stephenie Meyer (1973), and Eric Roth (1945). After him are Budd Schulberg (1914), Shere Hite (1942), Harlan Ellison (1934), Harold Robbins (1916), Horace McCoy (1897), and Gregory Corso (1930).
1926 - 2011
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 287
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 288
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 289
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 290
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 291
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 292
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 293
1914 - 2009
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 294
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 295
1934 - 2018
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 296
1916 - 1997
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 297
1897 - 1955
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 298
1930 - 2001
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 299