1943 - Today
Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943), sometimes known as Jovial Bob Stine and Eric Affabee, is an American novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor. Stine has been referred to as the "Stephen King of children's literature" and is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly and The Nightmare Room series. Some of his other works include a Space Cadets trilogy, two Hark gamebooks, and dozens of joke books. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. L. Stine has received more than 6,159,513 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). R. L. Stine is the 1,273rd most popular writer (up from 1,650th in 2019), the 1,593rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,068th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, R. L. Stine ranks 1,273 out of 5,755. Before him are Winifred Wagner, Juliusz Słowacki, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Albert Barillé, Maurus Servius Honoratus, and Ivan Vazov. After him are Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, W. G. Sebald, August von Kotzebue, Maj Sjöwall, Alexander Afanasyev, and Georg Kaiser.
1897 - 1980
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,267
1809 - 1849
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,268
1939 - 2003
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,269
1920 - 2009
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,270
363 - 301
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,271
1850 - 1921
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,272
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,273
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,274
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,275
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,276
1935 - 2020
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,277
1826 - 1871
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,278
1878 - 1945
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,279
Among people born in 1943, R. L. Stine ranks 105. Before him are Wanda Rutkiewicz, Eric Idle, Thomas J. Sargent, Mario J. Molina, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, and Barbara Bouchet. After him are Finn E. Kydland, J. Michael Kosterlitz, Luis Carlos Galán, Paul Van Himst, Martin Campbell, and Reinaldo Arenas.
1943 - 1992
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 99
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 100
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 101
1943 - 2020
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 102
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 103
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 104
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 105
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 106
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 107
1943 - 1989
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 108
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 109
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 110
1943 - 1990
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 111
Among people born in United States, R. L. Stine ranks 1,593 out of 18,182. Before him are Bruce Nauman (1941), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Edgar Mitchell (1930), George Clinton (1739), Steve McCurry (1950), and Vincent du Vigneaud (1901). After him are Chyna (1969), Ed White (1930), Cy Twombly (1928), Sterling Hayden (1916), Macaulay Culkin (1980), and Ralph Bellamy (1904).
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,587
1896 - 1993
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,588
1930 - 2016
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,589
1739 - 1812
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,590
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,591
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,592
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,593
1969 - 2016
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,594
1930 - 1967
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,595
1928 - 2011
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,596
1916 - 1986
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,597
1980 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,598
1904 - 1991
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,599
Among writers born in United States, R. L. Stine ranks 152. Before him are Jeffery Deaver (1950), Carson McCullers (1917), Poul Anderson (1926), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), Valerie Solanas (1936), and Anthony Bourdain (1956). After him are Robin Hobb (1952), James Baldwin (1924), Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Robert Sheckley (1928), Don DeLillo (1936), and Robert Bloch (1917).
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 146
1917 - 1967
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 147
1926 - 2001
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 148
1807 - 1882
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 149
1936 - 1988
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 150
1956 - 2018
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 151
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 152
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 153
1924 - 1987
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 154
1832 - 1907
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 155
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 156
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 157
1917 - 1994
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 158