WRITER

Rita Mae Brown

1944 - Today

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Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is an American feminist writer, best known for her coming-of-age autobiographical novel, Rubyfruit Jungle. Brown was active in a number of civil rights campaigns and criticized the marginalization of lesbians within feminist groups. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rita Mae Brown has received more than 1,502,003 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Rita Mae Brown is the 5,198th most popular writer (down from 4,853rd in 2019), the 7,467th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,127th in 2019) and the 584th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rita Mae Brown ranks 5,198 out of 7,302Before her are Nicholas Culpeper, Philip Agee, Donald Rayfield, John Farey Sr., Gesualdo Bufalino, and Eugene Znosko-Borovsky. After her are Solomana Kante, Clara Reeve, Christian Matras, Sam Lake, Lester del Rey, and David McKee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rita Mae Brown ranks 520Before her are Leonard Slatkin, George Graham, Henry Vestine, Antti Tuuri, Eddie Gómez, and Mahieddine Khalef. After her are Matthew Cowles, Feleti Sevele, Zhanna Bichevskaya, Fatos Kongoli, Ben Stein, and Jim Capaldi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rita Mae Brown ranks 7,467 out of 20,380Before her are Dave Bing (1943), Saoirse Ronan (1994), Dennis Johnson (1954), Lucy Parsons (1853), David Selby (1941), and Karen Fukuhara (1992). After her are Jaimie Alexander (1984), Kevin Young (1966), Charles Dana Gibson (1867), Lola Falana (1942), Matthew Cowles (1944), and Harry Klinefelter (1912).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Rita Mae Brown ranks 584Before her are Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), Eve Ensler (1953), Richard Powers (1957), Ernie Pyle (1900), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), and Philip Agee (1935). After her are Lester del Rey (1915), Louis L'Amour (1908), Theodora Kroeber (1897), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), Fran Lebowitz (1950), and Leo Buscaglia (1924).