WRITER
Richard Ford
1944 - Today
Richard Ford
Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land and Let Me Be Frank With You, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories. Ford received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1996 for Independence Day. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Ford has received more than 609,378 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Ford is the 2,244th most popular writer (up from 2,444th in 2019), the 2,882nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,109th in 2019) and the 261st most popular American Writer.
Memorability Metrics
610k
Page Views (PV)
54.27
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
27
Languages Editions (L)
5.02
Effective Languages (L*)
2.69
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Notable Works
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Among WRITERS
Among writers, Richard Ford ranks 2,244 out of 5,755. Before him are János Arany, Uhwudong, Ernst von Salomon, Leopoldo Alas, Germaine Greer, and Karlheinz Deschner. After him are Janus Pannonius, Inger Christensen, Zeb-un-Nissa, Udo Lindenberg, Valentin Kataev, and Mirza Shafi Vazeh.
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János Arany
1817 - 1882
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2,238
Uhwudong
1430 - 1480
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,239
Ernst von Salomon
1902 - 1972
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,240
Leopoldo Alas
1852 - 1901
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,241
Germaine Greer
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,242
Karlheinz Deschner
1924 - 2014
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,243
Richard Ford
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,244
Janus Pannonius
1434 - 1472
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,245
Inger Christensen
1935 - 2009
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,246
Zeb-un-Nissa
1638 - 1702
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,247
Udo Lindenberg
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,248
Valentin Kataev
1897 - 1986
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,249
Mirza Shafi Vazeh
1794 - 1852
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 2,250
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1944, Richard Ford ranks 197. Before him are Hugo Gatti, Tsuyoshi Kunieda, Jacques Doillon, John Flanagan, Jeffrey Tambor, and Claude-Michel Schönberg. After him are Ron Huldai, Christine Chubbuck, Goukouni Oueddei, Oleg Yankovsky, Phillip Allen Sharp, and Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud.
Others Born in 1944
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Hugo Gatti
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 191
Tsuyoshi Kunieda
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 192
Jacques Doillon
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 193
John Flanagan
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 194
Jeffrey Tambor
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 195
Claude-Michel Schönberg
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 196
Richard Ford
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 197
Ron Huldai
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 198
Christine Chubbuck
1944 - 1974
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 199
Goukouni Oueddei
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 200
Oleg Yankovsky
1944 - 2009
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 201
Phillip Allen Sharp
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 202
Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud
1944 - 1975
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 203
In United States
Among people born in United States, Richard Ford ranks 2,882 out of 18,182. Before him are Ed Sullivan (1901), John Havlicek (1940), Robert Grant Aitken (1864), Stanley Schachter (1922), Jesse Douglas (1897), and KRS-One (1965). After him are Bobby Riggs (1918), Marc Jacobs (1963), Coretta Scott King (1927), Ralph Craig (1889), Delbert Mann (1920), and Sam Giancana (1908).
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Ed Sullivan
1901 - 1974
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,876
John Havlicek
1940 - 2019
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,877
Robert Grant Aitken
1864 - 1951
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,878
Stanley Schachter
1922 - 1997
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,879
Jesse Douglas
1897 - 1965
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,880
KRS-One
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,881
Richard Ford
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,882
Bobby Riggs
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,883
Marc Jacobs
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,884
Coretta Scott King
1927 - 2006
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,885
Ralph Craig
1889 - 1972
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,886
Delbert Mann
1920 - 2007
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 2,887
Sam Giancana
1908 - 1975
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 2,888
Among WRITERS In United States
Among writers born in United States, Richard Ford ranks 261. Before him are Theodore Sturgeon (1918), John Edward Williams (1922), Morgan Robertson (1861), Ben Hecht (1893), Ivy Lee (1877), and Margaret Fuller (1810). After him are John Kennedy Toole (1937), Audre Lorde (1934), Terence McKenna (1946), Jonathan Franzen (1959), S. S. Van Dine (1888), and Terry Goodkind (1948).
Theodore Sturgeon
1918 - 1985
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 255
John Edward Williams
1922 - 1994
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 256
Morgan Robertson
1861 - 1915
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 257
Ben Hecht
1893 - 1964
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 258
Ivy Lee
1877 - 1934
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 259
Margaret Fuller
1810 - 1850
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 260
Richard Ford
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 261
John Kennedy Toole
1937 - 1969
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 262
Audre Lorde
1934 - 1992
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 263
Terence McKenna
1946 - 2000
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 264
Jonathan Franzen
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 265
S. S. Van Dine
1888 - 1939
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 266
Terry Goodkind
1948 - 2020
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 267
