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Marilyn vos Savant

1946 - Today

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Marilyn vos Savant ( VOSS sə-VAHNT; born Marilyn Mach; August 11, 1946) is an American magazine columnist who has the highest recorded intelligence quotient (IQ) in the Guinness Book of Records, a competitive category the publication has since retired. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marilyn vos Savant has received more than 4,614,888 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Marilyn vos Savant is the 887th most popular writer (up from 1,163rd in 2019), the 981st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,418th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ask Marilyn
Questions and answers
1992
"I've forgotten everything I learned in school!"
Study and teaching, Self-culture, Thought and thinking
1994
The Art of Spelling
Orthography and spelling, English language
2000
Growing Up
Conduct of life, Teenagers, Children
2002
Brainpower. Die Kraft des logischen Denkens
2000
More Marilyn
Questions and answers
1994
"I've forgotten everything I learned in school!"
Study and teaching, Self-culture, Thought and thinking
1994
Brain power
Self-actualization (Psychology), Mental discipline, Self-actualization (psychology)
1990
Ask Marilyn
Questions and answers, Fiction, general
1992
The power of logical thinking
Problems, exercises, Critical thinking, Logic
1996
The Art of Spelling
Orthography and spelling, English language, English language, orthography and spelling
2000
Growing Up
Conduct of life, Teenagers, Children
2002

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marilyn vos Savant ranks 887 out of 7,302. Before her are Luis Sepúlveda, Joseph Campbell, Theodoret, Fatema Mernissi, Marko Marulić, and Jorge Semprún. After her are Cormac McCarthy, Julien Green, Silius Italicus, Kobayashi Issa, Hans Fallada, and Tukaram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Marilyn vos Savant ranks 83. Before her are Lasse Hallström, Julian Barnes, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Xanana Gusmão, Ahmed Zewail, and Philip Pullman. After her are Howard Shore, Brian Cox, Daniel Goleman, Ed O'Neill, John Paul Jones, and John Heard.

Others Born in 1946

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marilyn vos Savant ranks 981 out of 20,380. Before her are Julius Axelrod (1912), James Horner (1953), Ritchie Valens (1941), John Archibald Wheeler (1911), Richard Dreyfuss (1947), and Jonathan Demme (1944). After her are Queen Noor of Jordan (1951), Tippi Hedren (1930), Harry Markowitz (1927), Cormac McCarthy (1933), Matt Groening (1954), and Nat Turner (1800).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Marilyn vos Savant ranks 92. Before her are Daniel Keyes (1927), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), John Fante (1909), Ambrose Bierce (1842), Dashiell Hammett (1894), and Joseph Campbell (1904). After her are Cormac McCarthy (1933), Daniel Goleman (1946), Roger Zelazny (1937), Sherwood Anderson (1876), L. Ron Hubbard (1911), and Walter Lippmann (1889).

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