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Louis Sachar

1954 - Today

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Louis Sachar ( SAK-ər; born March 20, 1954) is an American young-adult mystery-comedy author. He is best known for the Wayside School series and the novel Holes. Holes won the 1998 U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Sachar has received more than 1,068,821 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Sachar is the 5,000th most popular writer (down from 4,435th in 2019), the 7,424th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,460th in 2019) and the 603rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louis Sachar ranks 5,000 out of 5,755. Before him are Evgeny Sveshnikov, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan, Per Olof Sundman, Dag Solstad, Melih Cevdet Anday, and Fred Saberhagen. After him are Ravindra Kelekar, Virgilio Piñera, Alfhild Agrell, Peter Englund, Joseph Roumanille, and Eyvindr skáldaspillir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Louis Sachar ranks 331. Before him are Jürgen Trittin, Barry Ackroyd, Oscar Larrauri, Antonio Resines, Jeffrey Combs, and Jo Gartner. After him are Brother Alois, Marc Ribot, Sumi Shimamoto, Marta Lucía Ramírez, Yuji Kishioku, and Susan Kare.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Sachar ranks 7,424 out of 18,182. Before him are Harold D. Babcock (1882), Fred Saberhagen (1930), Johnny Burnette (1934), Desmond Harrington (1976), Jeff Sessions (1946), and James Dunn (1901). After him are Heather O'Rourke (1975), Jeff Mills (1963), Simon Guggenheim (1867), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (1975), Charlene Tilton (1958), and Kay Ivey (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Louis Sachar ranks 603. Before him are Thomas Ligotti (1953), Eve Ensler (1953), Bo Goldman (1932), Robert Charles Wilson (1953), John Logan (1961), and Fred Saberhagen (1930). After him are Marilyn Ferguson (1938), David S. Goyer (1965), Louis L'Amour (1908), Louella Parsons (1881), Amy Lowell (1874), and Michael Herr (1940).

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