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Michael Herr

1940 - 2016

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Michael David Herr (April 13, 1940 – June 23, 2016) was an American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War. The book was called "the best book to have been written about the Vietnam War" by fellow author C.D.B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Herr has received more than 393,079 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Michael Herr is the 5,039th most popular writer (down from 4,575th in 2019), the 7,522nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,851st in 2019) and the 609th most popular American Writer.

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  • 390k

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  • 45.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Herr ranks 5,039 out of 5,755. Before her are Gabriel Miró, Eugenio Montejo, Carlo Porta, Graham Swift, Paula Yates, and Yordan Radichkov. After her are Ralph Giordano, Cornelia Sorabji, Miron Białoszewski, Vladimir Bogomolov, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and Atis Kronvalds.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Michael Herr ranks 401. Before her are Liang Guanglie, Judy Cornwell, Albert Razin, Pauline Collins, Héctor Silva, and Vicente Miera. After her are Michael Ruse, Leila Ahmed, Jack Thompson, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Joe South, and Joe Torre. Among people deceased in 2016, Michael Herr ranks 363. Before her are Richard Davalos, Tina Anselmi, Fritz Herkenrath, Wim van der Voort, Muhamed Mujić, and Alphons Egli. After her are Stanley Mandelstam, Alain Decaux, Marcel Artelesa, Daniela Dessì, Liz Smith, and Raúl Cárdenas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Herr ranks 7,522 out of 18,182. Before her are Thomas Horsfield (1773), Michael Mullen (1946), Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), Jack Bender (1949), Daniella Alonso (1978), and Buddy Ebsen (1908). After her are Karl Warner (1908), Proof (1973), Bret Michaels (1963), Richard Garfield (1963), Shailene Woodley (1991), and Carlos Bernard (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Michael Herr ranks 609. Before her are Louis Sachar (1954), Marilyn Ferguson (1938), David S. Goyer (1965), Louis L'Amour (1908), Louella Parsons (1881), and Amy Lowell (1874). After her are Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Kate Wilhelm (1928), Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Katherine Neville (1945), and Nella Larsen (1891).

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