1956 - Today
Michael Joseph Connelly (born July 21, 1956) is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. Connelly is the bestselling author of 31 novels and one work of non-fiction, with over 74 million copies of his books sold worldwide and translated into 40 foreign languages. His first novel, The Black Echo, won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Connelly has received more than 1,914,678 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Michael Connelly is the 1,343rd most popular writer (up from 1,417th in 2019), the 1,582nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,651st in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Michael Connelly ranks 1,343 out of 5,794. Before him are Thomas Chatterton, Khaled Hosseini, Erich Segal, Joanot Martorell, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, and Gunnar Gunnarsson. After him are Judah Leon Abravanel, Robert E. Howard, Gore Vidal, Léon Werth, Hugo Claus, and Ödön von Horváth.
1752 - 1770
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 1,337
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 1,338
1937 - 2010
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 1,339
1415 - 1465
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 1,340
1913 - 1994
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 1,341
1889 - 1975
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 1,342
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 1,343
1460 - 1530
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 1,344
1906 - 1936
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 1,345
1925 - 2012
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 1,346
1878 - 1955
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 1,347
1929 - 2008
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 1,348
1901 - 1938
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 1,349
Among people born in 1956, Michael Connelly ranks 42. Before him are Steve Harris, Aileen Wuornos, Marc Dutroux, Zbigniew Boniek, Kim Cattrall, and Ingemar Stenmark. After him are David Caruso, John Lydon, Imelda Staunton, Park Won-soon, Patricia Cornwell, and Dave Murray.
1956 - Present
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 36
1956 - 2002
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 37
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 38
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 39
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 40
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 41
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 42
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 43
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 44
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 45
1956 - 2020
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 46
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 47
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 48
Among people born in United States, Michael Connelly ranks 1,582 out of 15,968. Before him are Tex Avery (1908), Héctor Elizondo (1936), Carroll Baker (1931), Erich Segal (1937), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), and Lloyd Bridges (1913). After him are Joseph Cotten (1905), Robert E. Howard (1906), Axl Rose (1962), David Caruso (1956), Julia Child (1912), and Aaron Burr (1756).
1908 - 1980
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 1,576
1936 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 1,577
1931 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 1,578
1937 - 2010
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 1,579
1863 - 1941
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 1,580
1913 - 1998
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 1,581
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 1,582
1905 - 1994
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 1,583
1906 - 1936
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 1,584
1962 - Present
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 1,585
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 1,586
1912 - 2004
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 1,587
1756 - 1836
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 1,588
Among writers born in United States, Michael Connelly ranks 155. Before him are Tom Wolfe (1930), James Oliver Curwood (1878), Thornton Wilder (1897), Rex Stout (1886), Robin Hobb (1952), and Erich Segal (1937). After him are Robert E. Howard (1906), Gore Vidal (1925), James Ellroy (1948), Ed McBain (1926), Don DeLillo (1936), and Jack Vance (1916).
1930 - 2018
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 149
1878 - 1927
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 150
1897 - 1975
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 151
1886 - 1975
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 152
1952 - Present
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 153
1937 - 2010
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 154
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 155
1906 - 1936
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 156
1925 - 2012
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 157
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 158
1926 - 2005
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 159
1936 - Present
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 160
1916 - 2013
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 161