1956 - Today
Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels; June 9, 1956) is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in Richmond, Virginia, where most of the stories are set. The plots are notable for their emphasis on forensic science, which has influenced later TV treatments of police work. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patricia Cornwell has received more than 1,234,377 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Patricia Cornwell is the 1,505th most popular writer (up from 1,542nd in 2019), the 1,845th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,779th in 2019) and the 175th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Patricia Cornwell ranks 1,505 out of 5,794. Before her are Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Ruy González de Clavijo, Paul Goma, John Webster, David Grossman, and Robert Wilson. After her are Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Dominique Venner, Avianus, Joseph Joubert, Alexander Grin, and Salawat Yulayev.
1824 - 1882
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 1,499
1400 - 1412
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 1,500
1935 - 2020
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,501
1578 - 1634
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,502
1954 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,503
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,504
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,505
1751 - 1792
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 1,506
1935 - 2013
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,507
400 - 401
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,508
1754 - 1824
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,509
1880 - 1932
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,510
1754 - 1800
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,511
Among people born in 1956, Patricia Cornwell ranks 47. Before her are Ingemar Stenmark, Michael Connelly, David Caruso, John Lydon, Imelda Staunton, and Park Won-soon. After her are Dave Murray, Carlo Urbani, Michael Biehn, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, and Bakir Izetbegović.
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 41
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 42
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 43
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 44
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 45
1956 - 2020
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 46
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 47
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 48
1956 - 2003
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 49
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 50
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 51
1956 - 1997
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 52
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 53
Among people born in United States, Patricia Cornwell ranks 1,845 out of 15,968. Before her are Selena Gomez (1992), Queen Noor of Jordan (1951), William A. Wellman (1896), Judd Hirsch (1935), Edward Weston (1886), and Robert Wilson (1941). After her are Sam Houston (1793), Wild Bill Hickok (1837), John Carradine (1906), Lee Remick (1935), Frances Conroy (1953), and Stanley Donen (1924).
1992 - Present
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 1,839
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 1,840
1896 - 1975
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 1,841
1935 - Present
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 1,842
1886 - 1958
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,843
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,844
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,845
1793 - 1863
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 1,846
1837 - 1876
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 1,847
1906 - 1988
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,848
1935 - 1991
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,849
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,850
1924 - 2019
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,851
Among writers born in United States, Patricia Cornwell ranks 175. Before her are Bob Woodward (1943), Nicholas Sparks (1965), Philip José Farmer (1918), Jane Jacobs (1916), Samuel R. Delany (1942), and Robert Wilson (1941). After her are Donald E. Westlake (1933), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Cornell Woolrich (1903), Elizabeth George (1949), and Robert Silverberg (1935).
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 169
1965 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 170
1918 - 2009
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 171
1916 - 2006
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 172
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 173
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 174
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 175
1933 - 2008
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 176
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 177
1876 - 1972
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 178
1903 - 1968
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 179
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 180
1935 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 181