1956 - Today
Michael Wayne Godwin (born October 26, 1956) is an American attorney and author. He was the first staff counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and he created the Internet adage Godwin's law and the notion of an Internet meme. From July 2007 to October 2010, he was general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Godwin has received more than 461,370 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Godwin is the 5,361st most popular writer (down from 5,046th in 2019), the 8,616th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,001st in 2019) and the 679th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Mike Godwin ranks 5,361 out of 5,755. Before him are Linton Kwesi Johnson, Emmanuil Kazakevich, Swami Rama, William Blum, David Simon, and Martin Litchfield West. After him are Thomas Brezina, John Antoine Nau, Thomas Campbell, Piers Anthony, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, and Joe Medicine Crow.
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 5,355
1913 - 1962
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 5,356
1925 - 1996
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 5,357
1933 - 2018
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 5,358
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 5,359
1937 - 2015
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 5,360
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 5,361
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 5,362
1860 - 1918
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 5,363
1777 - 1844
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 5,364
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 5,365
1820 - 1882
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 5,366
1913 - 2016
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 5,367
Among people born in 1956, Mike Godwin ranks 372. Before him are Jamie Dimon, Antonio Alzamendi, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Augusto Santos Silva, Ling Jihua, and Berit Aunli. After him are Michael Hoffman, Igor Korobov, Amira Hass, Brian Robertson, Hans Enoksen, and Rosalía Arteaga.
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 366
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 367
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 368
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 369
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 370
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 371
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 372
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 373
1956 - 2018
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 374
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 375
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 376
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 377
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 378
Among people born in United States, Mike Godwin ranks 8,616 out of 18,182. Before him are William Blum (1933), David Simon (1960), Kent Beck (1961), Audrey Munson (1891), William Hogenson (1884), and John Michael Talbot (1954). After him are George Kojac (1910), Lois Wilson (1894), Clark Clifford (1906), Michael Hoffman (1956), John Antoine Nau (1860), and C. Thomas Howell (1966).
1933 - 2018
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,610
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,611
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,612
1891 - 1996
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,613
1884 - 1965
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,614
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,615
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 8,616
1910 - 1996
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 8,617
1894 - 1988
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 8,618
1906 - 1998
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 8,619
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 8,620
1860 - 1918
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 8,621
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 8,622
Among writers born in United States, Mike Godwin ranks 679. Before him are Philip G. Epstein (1909), John Berryman (1914), Scott Turow (1949), Jack McDevitt (1935), William Blum (1933), and David Simon (1960). After him are John Antoine Nau (1860), Joe Medicine Crow (1913), Meg Cabot (1967), Steven Saylor (1956), Helene Hanff (1916), and Avram Davidson (1923).
1909 - 1952
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 673
1914 - 1972
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 674
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 675
1935 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 676
1933 - 2018
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 677
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 678
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 679
1860 - 1918
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 680
1913 - 2016
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 681
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 682
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 683
1916 - 1997
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 684
1923 - 1993
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 685