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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, postcyberpunk, 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 2,577,550 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Neal Stephenson is the 2,948th most popular writer (up from 4,459th in 2019), the 3,867th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,541st in 2019) and the 344th most popular American Writer.

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  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Neal Stephenson ranks 2,948 out of 5,755. Before him are Antonio Beccadelli, Longchenpa, Nikolay Nosov, Nemesianus, Borislav Pekić, and Grigor Parlichev. After him are William Robertson Smith, Peter Bieri, Gabriela Zapolska, Adrienne Rich, Yu Kil-chun, and Sebastian Franck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Neal Stephenson ranks 122. Before him are Ralf Moeller, Kokhir Rasulzoda, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Marcus Miller, Andrew Fire, and Michael Kors. After him are Takaaki Kajita, Catherine Keener, Patrick Bruel, Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior, Pietro Vierchowod, and Jim Yong Kim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neal Stephenson ranks 3,867 out of 18,182. Before him are Kaʻahumanu (1768), Red Auerbach (1917), Lee Evans (1947), Ad Reinhardt (1913), Dabbs Greer (1917), and Earl Warren (1891). After him are Tom Bosley (1927), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Bruce Davison (1946), Adrienne Rich (1929), and Alvin York (1887).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Neal Stephenson ranks 344. Before him are Booker T. Washington (1856), Andrea Dworkin (1946), Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), William Goldman (1931), Anne Applebaum (1964), and Gary Snyder (1930). After him are Adrienne Rich (1929), Cotton Mather (1663), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), Douglas Preston (1956), Betty Mahmoody (1945), and Robert McKee (1941).

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