1942 - 2008
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 9,426,345 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Michael Crichton is the 594th most popular writer (up from 772nd in 2019), the 634th most popular biography from United States (up from 826th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Writer.
Michael Crichton is most famous for his science fiction novels.
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Among writers, Michael Crichton ranks 594 out of 5,755. Before him are Ferenc Molnár, Ausonius, Tirso de Molina, Arthur Koestler, Samuel Butler, and Eugène Sue. After him are Samuel Johnson, Demetrius Vikelas, Alessandro Manzoni, Camilo José Cela, France Prešeren, and Pierre Loti.
1878 - 1952
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 588
310 - 395
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 589
1579 - 1648
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 590
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 591
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 592
1804 - 1857
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 593
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 594
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 595
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 596
1785 - 1873
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 597
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 598
1800 - 1849
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 599
1850 - 1923
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 600
Among people born in 1942, Michael Crichton ranks 43. Before him are Giancarlo Giannini, Michel Mayor, Mohamed ElBaradei, Alassane Ouattara, Wen Jiabao, and Giacinto Facchetti. After him are Walter Hill, Michael Bloomberg, John Irving, Frank Williams, Françoise Dorléac, and Věra Čáslavská. Among people deceased in 2008, Michael Crichton ranks 22. Before him are Harold Pinter, Richard Widmark, Miriam Makeba, Richard Wright, Alain Robbe-Grillet, and Yma Sumac. After him are Heath Ledger, Jules Dassin, Roy Scheider, Jacques Piccard, Mahmoud Darwish, and John Archibald Wheeler.
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 37
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 38
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 39
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 40
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 41
1942 - 2006
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 42
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 43
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 44
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 45
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 46
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 47
1942 - 1967
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 48
1942 - 2016
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 49
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 16
1914 - 2008
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 17
1932 - 2008
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 18
1943 - 2008
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 19
1922 - 2008
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 20
1923 - 2008
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 21
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 22
1979 - 2008
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 23
1911 - 2008
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 24
1932 - 2008
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 25
1922 - 2008
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 26
1941 - 2008
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 27
1911 - 2008
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 28
Among people born in United States, Michael Crichton ranks 634 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Wagner (1930), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Raquel Welch (1940), Talia Shire (1946), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), and John Browning (1855). After him are Martha Graham (1894), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Edgar Cayce (1877), Jimmy Wales (1966), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), and Martin Cooper (1928).
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 628
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 629
1940 - 2023
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 630
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 631
1913 - 1975
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 632
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 633
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 634
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 635
1926 - 2022
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 636
1877 - 1945
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 637
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 638
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 639
1928 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 640
Among writers born in United States, Michael Crichton ranks 65. Before him are T. S. Eliot (1888), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Washington Irving (1783), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Theodore Dreiser (1871), and Thomas Wolfe (1900). After him are Anne Rice (1941), Robert Ludlum (1927), John Irving (1942), Thomas Harris (1940), Robert E. Howard (1906), and William Saroyan (1908).
1888 - 1965
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 59
1875 - 1950
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 60
1783 - 1859
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 61
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 62
1871 - 1945
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 63
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 64
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 65
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 66
1927 - 2001
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 67
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 68
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 69
1906 - 1936
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 70
1908 - 1981
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 71