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Og Mandino

1923 - 1996

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Augustine "Og" Mandino II (December 12, 1923 – September 3, 1996) was an American author and salesman. He wrote the bestselling book The Greatest Salesman in the World. His books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into over 25 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Og Mandino has received more than 698,514 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Og Mandino is the 3,736th most popular writer, the 4,786th most popular biography from United States and the 397th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Og Mandino ranks 3,736 out of 7,302Before him are Bruno Apitz, Innokenty Annensky, Philippe Jaccottet, James A. Michener, José Emilio Pacheco, and Margit Kaffka. After him are Franco Sacchetti, Ernst Jandl, Jules Janin, Théophile Thoré-Bürger, Oton Župančič, and Johannes Linnankoski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Og Mandino ranks 236Before him are Louise Brough, Barney Kessel, Jacob Taubes, Betsy Blair, Alice Coachman, and Rafael Addiego Bruno. After him are Mrinal Sen, Mikhail Yegorov, Brendan Behan, Karl Vaino, Gordon R. Dickson, and François Cavanna. Among people deceased in 1996, Og Mandino ranks 164Before him are Reinhard Libuda, Mikael Tariverdiev, Seymour Cray, Endel Puusepp, Trần Văn Trà, and Heriberto Herrera. After him are Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg, Imre Kovács, Gyula Kállai, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dorothy Lamour, and Akram al-Hawrani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Og Mandino ranks 4,786 out of 20,380Before him are Swoosie Kurtz (1944), John Mayer (1977), Huey P. Newton (1942), Jon Hamm (1971), James A. Michener (1907), and Craig Mello (1960). After him are Lauren German (1978), William Clark (1770), Gil Amelio (1943), Dom DeLuise (1933), Jim Varney (1949), and Albert Brooks (1947).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Og Mandino ranks 397Before him are Helen Churchill Candee (1858), Thomas Friedman (1953), Robert Leckie (1920), Joe Haldeman (1943), Janet Asimov (1926), and James A. Michener (1907). After him are John Gray (1951), Hal Clement (1922), Marilyn French (1929), Brandon Sanderson (1975), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), and Charles Grandison Finney (1792).