WRITER

Lynne Cox

1957 - Today

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Lynne Cox (born January 2, 1957) is an American long-distance open water swimmer, writer, and speaker. She is best known for being the first person to swim between the United States and the Soviet Union, in the Bering Strait, a feat which has been recognized for easing the Cold War tensions between U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lynne Cox has received more than 649,422 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Lynne Cox is the 6,302nd most popular writer (down from 5,481st in 2019), the 11,263rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,171st in 2019) and the 826th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lynne Cox ranks 6,302 out of 7,302. Before her are Delfina Bunge, Lascelles Abercrombie, Colleen Hoover, Sjón, Iskandar Khatloni, and Caryl Churchill. After her are Kate Morton, Joanna Baillie, Wayne C. Booth, Frances Harper, John Toll, and William H. Gass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Lynne Cox ranks 518. Before her are Stoycho Mladenov, Johnny Chan, Ciro Gomes, Hipólito Rincón, Phyllida Lloyd, and Rachel Levine. After her are Peter Sellars, Scott Adams, Plamen Markov, Kari Hotakainen, Daniel Martínez, and Adolphe Muzito.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lynne Cox ranks 11,263 out of 20,380. Before her are Lilyan Tashman (1896), Olivia Munn (1980), Khary Payton (1972), Bill Watterson (1958), Steny Hoyer (1939), and Burton Downing (1885). After her are Howell Cobb (1815), Maria Schneider (1960), June Haver (1926), Horatio Seymour (1810), Wayne C. Booth (1921), and Tiffany Mynx (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lynne Cox ranks 826. Before her are Richard A. Knaak (1961), Helen Hunt Jackson (1830), Tim O'Brien (1946), Abby Mann (1927), Paul Klebnikov (1963), and Colleen Hoover (1979). After her are Wayne C. Booth (1921), Frances Harper (1825), John Toll (1952), William H. Gass (1924), Jean Stafford (1915), and Sandra Cisneros (1954).

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