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Ransom Riggs

1979 - Today

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Ransom Riggs (born February 3, 1979) is an American writer and filmmaker best known for the book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ransom Riggs has received more than 1,179,851 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ransom Riggs is the 6,513th most popular writer (down from 5,573rd in 2019), the 12,409th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,621st in 2019) and the 907th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ransom Riggs ranks 6,513 out of 7,302Before him are Patrick Kavanagh, Richelle Mead, John Lydgate, Alice Sebold, Marian Keyes, and Colson Whitehead. After him are Kiera Cass, Sarah Winnemucca, Sidney Lee, Ralf Rothmann, Deborah Ellis, and Máirtín Ó Cadhain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Ransom Riggs ranks 311Before him are Karam Gaber, Martin Jiránek, Francileudo Santos, Elisabeth Harnois, Eric Mun, and Chae Rim. After him are Mehmet Okur, Carlos Ruiz, Darjuš Lavrinovič, Ruth Beitia, Craig Bellamy, and Sara Rue.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ransom Riggs ranks 12,409 out of 20,380Before him are Janet Napolitano (1957), Jean Porter (1922), Bud Shank (1926), Colson Whitehead (1969), Gertrude Mary Cox (1900), and Uri Caine (1956). After him are Anne Jeffreys (1923), Bob McGrath (1932), Kiera Cass (1981), John Hickenlooper (1952), Guy Gardner (1948), and Thomas McDonell (1986).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ransom Riggs ranks 907Before him are Ogden Nash (1902), Christopher Moore (1957), Countee Cullen (1903), Richelle Mead (1976), Alice Sebold (1963), and Colson Whitehead (1969). After him are Kiera Cass (1981), Sarah Winnemucca (1844), Laurell K. Hamilton (1963), Ellen Kushner (1955), Andrew Kevin Walker (1964), and Dennis Prager (1948).