WRITER

Neal Stephenson

1959 - Today

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Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk and baroque. Stephenson's work explores mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neal Stephenson has received more than 2,769,925 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Neal Stephenson is the 4,567th most popular writer (down from 2,937th in 2019), the 6,162nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,856th in 2019) and the 493rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 55.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Neal Stephenson ranks 4,567 out of 7,302. Before him are Francis de Miomandre, Hadiya Davletshina, Mykhaylo Semenko, Elin Wägner, Ayşe Kulin, and Iakob Gogebashvili. After him are Jack Canfield, Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Bolesław Leśmian, Pencho Slaveykov, Olav Aukrust, and Robert Greene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Neal Stephenson ranks 220. Before him are Bob Lazar, Fabio Luisi, Sabine Meyer, Marie Richardson, Satoshi Yamaguchi, and Mare Winningham. After him are Fyodor Yurchikhin, Thomas Quasthoff, Robert Greene, Raf, Ricardo Gallego, and Sting.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neal Stephenson ranks 6,162 out of 20,380. Before him are Shane Black (1961), Jon Stewart (1962), Amanda Righetti (1983), John Lewis (1940), Susan Howard (1944), and Shawnee Smith (1969). After him are Dinah Shore (1916), John Podesta (1949), Robert R. Livingston (1746), Jack Canfield (1944), Spike Jonze (1969), and Jon Lovitz (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Neal Stephenson ranks 493. Before him are Timothy Zahn (1951), Norman Spinrad (1940), Russell Kirk (1918), Sandra Brown (1948), David Mamet (1947), and Amiri Baraka (1934). After him are Jack Canfield (1944), Robert Greene (1959), Robert Richardson (1955), Camille Paglia (1947), Art Buchwald (1925), and John Piper (1946).

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