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Martin Cruz Smith

1942 - Today

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Martin Cruz Smith, born Martin William Smith (November 3, 1942), is an American writer of mystery and suspense fiction, mostly in an international or historical setting. He is best known for his ten-novel series (to date) on Russian investigator Arkady Renko, introduced in 1981 with Gorky Park. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Cruz Smith has received more than 404,851 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Cruz Smith is the 5,469th most popular writer, the 8,105th most popular biography from United States and the 630th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Martin Cruz Smith ranks 5,469 out of 7,302. Before him are John Marston, Eugenio Montejo, Jakub Arbes, Patricia Wrightson, Emilia Lanier, and Gonzalo Rojas. After him are Guy Gavriel Kay, Eva Kotchever, J. Bernlef, Lev Kassil, Dimitar Dimov, and Guido Gozzano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Martin Cruz Smith ranks 539. Before him are Casimir Oyé-Mba, Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Jesús Glaría, Hugo Simon, Jaime Graça, and Mike Summerbee. After him are Laila Freivalds, Catharina Lodders, Antonio Martino, Kenneth Lay, Brandon Carter, and Anita Roddick.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Cruz Smith ranks 8,105 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Rubin (1938), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), Charles Cyphers (1939), Todd Armstrong (1937), Bill Nye (1955), and Yvonne Rainer (1934). After him are Elisabeth Moore (1876), Ty Hardin (1930), Carla Laemmle (1909), The Fabulous Moolah (1923), James P. Johnson (1894), and Ferde Grofé (1892).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Martin Cruz Smith ranks 630. Before him are Christopher Paolini (1983), Scott O'Dell (1898), John Antoine Nau (1860), John Varley (1947), Richard Scarry (1919), and Jeffrey Eugenides (1960). After him are Amy Tan (1952), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), John Keel (1930), Ted Chiang (1967), Michael Herr (1940), and Norman Cousins (1915).

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