1957 - Today
Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He has also won many other awards over the course of his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Powers has received more than 824,806 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Powers is the 4,575th most popular writer, the 6,497th most popular biography from United States and the 521st most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Richard Powers ranks 4,575 out of 5,755. Before him are Ndre Mjeda, Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Javier Cercas, Roy Jacobsen, Ludwig Bechstein, and Hiromi Kawakami. After him are David Weber, Hans Nielsen Hauge, Eleanor Farjeon, Yurii Andrukhovych, Juan de la Cueva, and George Mikes.
1866 - 1937
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 4,569
1933 - 2014
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 4,570
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 4,571
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 4,572
1801 - 1860
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,573
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,574
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,575
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,576
1771 - 1824
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 4,577
1881 - 1965
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 4,578
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 4,579
1543 - 1612
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 4,580
1912 - 1987
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 4,581
Among people born in 1957, Richard Powers ranks 238. Before him are Ali Larijani, Claude Criquielion, Éder Aleixo de Assis, Kevin McHale, Mario Van Peebles, and Jean-Christophe Yoccoz. After him are Viktor Khristenko, Len Blavatnik, Andrei Kolkoutine, Lori Singer, Zhao Leji, and Sainkho Namtchylak.
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 232
1957 - 2015
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 233
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 234
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 235
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 236
1957 - 2016
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 237
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 238
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 239
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 240
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 241
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 242
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 243
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 244
Among people born in United States, Richard Powers ranks 6,497 out of 18,182. Before him are Iwao Takamoto (1925), Jennifer Capriati (1976), Chris Andersen (1978), Pat Torpey (1953), Richard Burgi (1958), and Jay Gould (1836). After him are Nathan Hale (1755), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), Nick Carter (1980), Betty Buckley (1947), David Weber (1952), and Matthew Labyorteaux (1966).
1925 - 2007
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 6,491
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,492
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,493
1953 - 2018
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,494
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,495
1836 - 1892
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,496
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,497
1755 - 1776
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,498
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,499
1980 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,500
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,501
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,502
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 6,503
Among writers born in United States, Richard Powers ranks 521. Before him are Sylvia Browne (1936), Damon Knight (1922), Robert Richardson (1955), Melissa Mathison (1950), Arthur Golden (1956), and Timothy Zahn (1951). After him are David Weber (1952), Chester Himes (1909), John O'Hara (1905), James E. Gunn (1923), Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), and Eudora Welty (1909).
1936 - 2013
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 515
1922 - 2002
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 516
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 517
1950 - 2015
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 518
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 519
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 520
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 521
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 522
1909 - 1984
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 523
1905 - 1970
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 524
1923 - 2020
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 525
1923 - 2006
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 526
1909 - 2001
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 527