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Masha Gessen

1967 - Today

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Masha Aleksandrovna Gessen (Russian: Мари́я "Маша" Алекса́ндровна Ге́ссен; born 13 January 1967) is a Russian-American journalist, author, translator, and activist who has been an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Gessen is nonbinary and trans and uses they/them pronouns. Gessen has written extensively on LGBT rights. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masha Gessen has received more than 1,958,549 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Masha Gessen is the 6,076th most popular writer, the 2,371st most popular biography from Russia and the 271st most popular Russian Writer.

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  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Masha Gessen ranks 6,076 out of 5,755. Before her are Paul Dini, Federico Andahazi, Alfred Austin, Sally Rooney, James T. Farrell, and Maja Haderlap. After her are Brannon Braga, Norman Lear, Thomas MacDonagh, Thomas Shadwell, Nina Bawden, and Jenny Erpenbeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Masha Gessen ranks 492. Before her are Salli Richardson, Andrew Shue, Ritchie Coster, Fernando Tejero, Patrick Ortlieb, and Igor Protti. After her are Marcelo Balboa, Miles Millar, Tim McGraw, Jenny Erpenbeck, Freddie Pitcher, and Jason Cooper.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Masha Gessen ranks 2,371 out of 3,262. Before her are Anna Chakvetadze (1987), MakSim (1983), Denis Voronenkov (1971), Tatyana Lysenko (1983), Aslan Karatsev (1993), and Alexei Kovalev (1973). After her are Sergei Bazarevich (1965), Marat Izmailov (1982), Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (1978), Sergei Mylnikov (1958), Igor Denisov (1984), and Nikolay Bazhukov (1953).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Masha Gessen ranks 271. Before her are Arkady Babchenko (1977), Wladimir Kaminer (1967), Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (1989), Alex Yermolinsky (1958), Alexey Dreev (1969), and Andrey Malakhov (1972). After her are Guzel Yakhina (1977), Rubén Gallego (1968), Olga Slavnikova (1957), Polina Zherebtsova (1985), and Elena Milashina (1978).

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