WRITER

P. J. O'Rourke

1947 - 2022

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Patrick Jake O'Rourke (November 14, 1947 – February 15, 2022) was an American author, journalist, and political satirist who wrote twenty-two books on subjects as diverse as politics, cars, etiquette, and economics. Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance both reached No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of P. J. O'Rourke has received more than 1,530,258 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. P. J. O'Rourke is the 7,015th most popular writer (down from 5,888th in 2019), the 15,799th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,576th in 2019) and the 1,108th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, P. J. O'Rourke ranks 7,015 out of 7,302. Before him are Julie Powell, Rutger Bregman, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Savage, Helen Dunmore, and Chenjerai Hove. After him are Lotta Lotass, Shashi Deshpande, Paul Beatty, Jon Lee Anderson, Ruta Sepetys, and Jan Böhmermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, P. J. O'Rourke ranks 883. Before him are Haley Barbour, Judd Gregg, Alan Pascoe, Bev Perdue, Peter Wilson, and David Blunkett. After him are Lamar Smith, Glen Morgan, John Kitzhaber, Tessa Jowell, Larry Kudlow, and Jerry Nadler. Among people deceased in 2022, P. J. O'Rourke ranks 682. Before him are Robbie Brightwell, Vitalii Skakun, Masato Kudo, Jerry Allison, Veronica Carlson, and Julie Powell. After him are José Guirao, Technoblade, David Brenner, Valeriy Chybineyev, Alexandros Nikolaidis, and Pavlo Lee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, P. J. O'Rourke ranks 15,799 out of 20,380. Before him are Timothy Creamer (1959), Alan Krueger (1960), Grey DeLisle (1973), Joseph R. Gannascoli (1959), Erin Sanders (1991), and Tig Notaro (1971). After him are Kia Stevens (1977), Eden Sher (1991), Herb Jeffries (1913), Cory Higgins (1989), John Sparkman (1899), and Bob Barr (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, P. J. O'Rourke ranks 1,108. Before him are Laura Lippman (1959), Edwin O'Connor (1918), Patrick Ness (1971), Julie Powell (1973), Bryan Konietzko (1975), and Michael Savage (1942). After him are Paul Beatty (1962), Jon Lee Anderson (1957), Ruta Sepetys (1967), Becca Fitzpatrick (1979), Candace Owens (1989), and George Will (1941).

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