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Lawrence Wright

1947 - Today

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Lawrence Wright (born August 2, 1947) is an American writer and journalist, who is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. Wright is best known as the author of the 2006 nonfiction book Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. Wright is also known for his work with documentarian Alex Gibney who directed film versions of Wright's one man show My Trip to Al-Qaeda and his book Going Clear. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lawrence Wright has received more than 734,748 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Lawrence Wright is the 6,727th most popular writer (down from 5,759th in 2019), the 13,645th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,764th in 2019) and the 995th most popular American Writer.

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  • 730k

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  • 46.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lawrence Wright ranks 6,727 out of 7,302. Before him are Sibylle Berg, Pınar Selek, Emma Donoghue, James Gleick, Ángeles Caso, and Judith Miller. After him are Robert Rodat, Éliette Abécassis, Mark Z. Danielewski, Ken Levine, Robert Hunter, and Marina Nemat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Lawrence Wright ranks 837. Before him are Kailash Purryag, Zoltán Melis, Deidre Hall, Marit Nybakk, Keith Devlin, and Carlos Ezquerra. After him are Andrew Parrott, David Hare, Carol Moseley Braun, Steve Heighway, Bruce Rioch, and Jon Corzine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lawrence Wright ranks 13,645 out of 20,380. Before him are Richie Guerin (1932), Richard Kelly (1975), Nick Wechsler (1978), Monique Gabrielle (1962), Ramblin' Jack Elliott (1931), and Marion Barry (1936). After him are Tom Ridge (1945), Hurley Haywood (1948), Autumn Reeser (1980), Amber Liu (1992), Joseph B. Foraker (1846), and Bill Clements (1917).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lawrence Wright ranks 995. Before him are Alice Stone Blackwell (1857), John Seigenthaler (1927), Sarah J. Maas (1986), Kage Baker (1952), James Gleick (1954), and Judith Miller (1948). After him are Robert Rodat (1953), Mark Z. Danielewski (1966), Ken Levine (1966), Robert Hunter (1941), Katherine Schwarzenegger (1989), and Virginia Hamilton (1936).

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