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Rick Riordan

1964 - Today

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Richard Russell Riordan Jr. ( RY-ər-dən; born June 5, 1964) is an American author, best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Riordan's books have been translated into forty-two languages and sold more than thirty million copies in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rick Riordan has received more than 5,118,359 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Rick Riordan is the 1,834th most popular writer (down from 1,445th in 2019), the 2,301st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,844th in 2019) and the 204th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rick Riordan ranks 1,834 out of 7,302. Before him are Stephen Crane, Verrius Flaccus, Lina Kostenko, Marcus Tullius Tiro, Malcolm Lowry, and Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić. After him are Rhonda Byrne, Daṇḍin, Edwin Abbott Abbott, Herodas, Pierre Lemaitre, and Fulcanelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Rick Riordan ranks 70. Before him are Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Clive Owen, Magnús Scheving, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Eazy-E, and Matt Dillon. After him are Bridget Fonda, Maggie Cheung, Don Cheadle, Dokka Umarov, Andy Hug, and Kaspar Capparoni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rick Riordan ranks 2,301 out of 20,380. Before him are Lee Grant (1927), Diana Nyad (1949), Treat Williams (1951), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Stephen Crane (1871), and John Phillips (1935). After him are Harlow Shapley (1885), Holly Hunter (1958), Lionel Barrymore (1878), David Strathairn (1949), Lionel Hampton (1908), and Nathan Rosen (1909).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Rick Riordan ranks 204. Before him are Djuna Barnes (1892), Joseph D. Pistone (1939), Betty Friedan (1921), Agnes Smedley (1892), Frederik Pohl (1919), and Stephen Crane (1871). After him are Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Anne Sexton (1928), William Moulton Marston (1893), Paul Goodman (1911), James Ellroy (1948), and Johnston McCulley (1883).

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