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Mike Godwin

1956 - Today

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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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  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mike Godwin ranks 5,361 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Mike Godwin ranks 372Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Godwin ranks 8,616 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mike Godwin ranks 679Before 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).

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