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Michael Lewis

1960 - Today

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Michael Monroe Lewis (born October 15, 1960) is an American author and financial journalist. He has also been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 2009, writing mostly on business, finance, and economics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Lewis has received more than 4,162,686 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Michael Lewis is the 6,123rd most popular writer (down from 4,738th in 2019), the 10,337th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,878th in 2019) and the 773rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Lewis ranks 6,123 out of 7,302. Before him are Lady Charlotte Guest, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Kathryn Stockett, Rolf Jacobsen, and Louis Sachar. After him are Darren Shan, Dannie Abse, Vincenzo Cardarelli, Eugenie Schwarzwald, Victoria Amelina, and Éva Janikovszky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Michael Lewis ranks 438. Before him are Ian McDonald, Andrzej Stasiuk, Zindzi Mandela, Predrag Nikolić, Volker Beck, and Joey Belladonna. After him are Christoph Schlingensief, Claudia Losch, Masoumeh Ebtekar, Alexander Bashlachev, Ton Roosendaal, and Mustapha El Biyaz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Lewis ranks 10,337 out of 20,380. Before him are Magic Slim (1937), Jeff Ament (1963), Rick Rude (1958), Joey Belladonna (1960), George Woods (1943), and Louis Sachar (1954). After him are Lily Rabe (1982), Robert Blust (1940), Curt Schilling (1966), Don Gordon (1926), Keen Johnson (1896), and Ira Remsen (1846).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Michael Lewis ranks 773. Before him are Robert B. Sherman (1925), Julia Alvarez (1950), Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806), Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818), Kathryn Stockett (1969), and Louis Sachar (1954). After him are Kevin J. Anderson (1962), David Halberstam (1934), Patricia A. McKillip (1948), John Logan (1961), Walker Percy (1916), and Ernest Lehman (1915).

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