WRITER

Michael Crichton

1942 - 2008

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John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Crichton has received more than 10,656,067 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Michael Crichton is the 645th most popular writer (down from 593rd in 2019), the 659th most popular biography from United States (down from 634th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Writer.

Michael Crichton is most famous for his science fiction novels.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Crichton ranks 645 out of 7,302. Before him are William Makepeace Thackeray, Walther von der Vogelweide, Ivan Franko, Irène Némirovsky, Kōbō Abe, and Alexander Pope. After him are Muriel Spark, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Harper Lee, Martin Amis, and Eugène Sue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Michael Crichton ranks 46. Before him are Jacques Rogge, Bob Hoskins, Jochen Rindt, László Sólyom, John Irving, and Margaret Court. After him are Wen Jiabao, Wolfgang Schäuble, Giancarlo Giannini, Walter Hill, George Vella, and Věra Čáslavská. Among people deceased in 2008, Michael Crichton ranks 25. Before him are Sydney Pollack, Harold Pinter, George Habash, Jørn Utzon, Alain Robbe-Grillet, and Yma Sumac. After him are Jacques Piccard, Roy Scheider, Jules Dassin, Heath Ledger, Jörg Haider, and George Emil Palade.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Crichton ranks 659 out of 20,380. Before him are Gary Becker (1930), Matthew C. Perry (1794), John Glenn (1921), Billy Graham (1918), Joe Louis (1914), and Martin Lewis Perl (1927). After him are James Rainwater (1917), Dolly Parton (1946), George Peppard (1928), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Bill Bixby (1934), and David Copperfield (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Michael Crichton ranks 64. Before him are Ellen G. White (1827), Theodore Dreiser (1871), Napoleon Hill (1883), John Irving (1942), Louisa May Alcott (1832), and Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875). After him are Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Harper Lee (1926), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Washington Irving (1783), Irwin Shaw (1913), and H. L. Mencken (1880).

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