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Orson Scott Card

1951 - Today

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Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orson Scott Card has received more than 3,375,578 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Orson Scott Card is the 2,627th most popular writer (down from 2,347th in 2019), the 3,329th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,027th in 2019) and the 288th most popular American Writer.

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  • 3.4M

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  • 60.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Orson Scott Card ranks 2,627 out of 7,302. Before him are John Wyndham, Bragi Boddason, Samad Vurgun, Richard Wurmbrand, Neil Simon, and Waldemar Bonsels. After him are Abraham ibn Daud, Frederick Marryat, Józef Czapski, Matthias Claudius, Hella Haasse, and Tian Han.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Orson Scott Card ranks 148. Before him are Danilo Medina, Sally Ride, Enki Bilal, Rajnath Singh, Matti Pellonpää, and Jean Smart. After him are David Kabua, Tony Danza, Alec John Such, Mick Mars, Francesco Moser, and Álvaro Colom.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Orson Scott Card ranks 3,329 out of 20,380. Before him are Alfre Woodard (1952), Patty Hearst (1954), William Conrad (1920), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), Doris Miller (1919), and Neil Simon (1927). After him are Winslow Homer (1836), Franz Kline (1910), Linda Nochlin (1931), David Butler (1894), John DeLorean (1925), and Frank Welker (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Orson Scott Card ranks 288. Before him are L. Sprague de Camp (1907), Elmore Leonard (1925), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Jim Thompson (1906), Terry Goodkind (1948), and Neil Simon (1927). After him are Eric Carle (1929), Richard Bandler (1950), John Cheever (1912), William Goldman (1931), Michael Cunningham (1952), and Harlan Ellison (1934).

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