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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 693,364 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Lawrence Wright is the 5,780th most popular writer (down from 5,528th in 2019), the 10,787th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,156th in 2019) and the 811th most popular American Writer.

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  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lawrence Wright ranks 5,780 out of 5,755. Before him are Linda Woolverton, Daniel Handler, Arvi Pohjanpää, Sue Monk Kidd, James Lipton, and James Branch Cabell. After him are Joe Paterno, Tierno Monénembo, Mo Hayder, Joel Barlow, Damon Lindelof, and Christopher Fry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Lawrence Wright ranks 684. Before him are Robert Lighthizer, Jan-Erik Enestam, Oswaldo Ramírez, Henry McMaster, Rita Kühne, and Anatoli Polivoda. After him are Tierno Monénembo, Rupert Hine, Jim Ryun, Nicole Bricq, Thomas Christopher Collins, and Jeanne Shaheen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lawrence Wright ranks 10,787 out of 18,182. Before him are Paul Johansson (1964), Matt Schulze (1972), Tom Watson (1949), Shannon Walker (1965), Jane Withers (1926), and James Branch Cabell (1879). After him are Mikaela Shiffrin (1995), Kevin Chapman (1962), Diana Scarwid (1955), Nan Martin (1927), Daniel DiNardo (1949), and Carmine Giovinazzo (1973).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lawrence Wright ranks 811. Before him are Richard A. Knaak (1961), Linda Woolverton (1952), Daniel Handler (1970), Sue Monk Kidd (1948), James Lipton (1926), and James Branch Cabell (1879). After him are Joe Paterno (1926), Joel Barlow (1754), Damon Lindelof (1973), Robert Rodat (1953), Laurell K. Hamilton (1963), and Tom Wilson (1931).

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