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Robert B. Parker

1932 - 2010

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Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies was also produced based on the character. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert B. Parker has received more than 1,162,199 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Robert B. Parker is the 4,718th most popular writer (down from 4,414th in 2019), the 6,409th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,168th in 2019) and the 515th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert B. Parker ranks 4,718 out of 7,302. Before him are Shel Silverstein, Mamoni Raisom Goswami, James Thomson, Edward William Lane, Fredrik Backman, and Saul Alinsky. After him are Sanchuniathon, Cordwainer Smith, Michael Frayn, Edith Sitwell, Dmitry Glukhovsky, and Rod Serling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert B. Parker ranks 314. Before him are Carlyle Glean, Lola Beltrán, Alfonso Arau, Paul Anderson, Masten Gregory, and Bo Goldman. After him are Jay Miner, Anatoly Roshchin, Lyudvig Chibirov, Vasili Kuznetsov, József Csermák, and Paul J. Weitz. Among people deceased in 2010, Robert B. Parker ranks 259. Before him are Lhasa de Sela, Paul Gray, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Daisuke Gōri, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, and Roy Ward Baker. After him are William Tenn, Vladimir Maslachenko, Dario Mangiarotti, Clarke Scholes, Enrique Morente, and Armand Razafindratandra.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert B. Parker ranks 6,409 out of 20,380. Before him are Saul Alinsky (1909), Victor Buono (1938), Anne Shirley (1918), Isaiah Thomas (1989), Will Yun Lee (1971), and Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917). After him are Gerald Guralnik (1936), Richard Lewontin (1929), Jim Keltner (1942), Cordwainer Smith (1913), Jack Coleman (1958), and Jakob Dylan (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert B. Parker ranks 515. Before him are Mary McCarthy (1912), Jonathan Carroll (1949), Bo Goldman (1932), Helene Hanff (1916), Shel Silverstein (1930), and Saul Alinsky (1909). After him are Cordwainer Smith (1913), Rod Serling (1924), Damon Knight (1922), Aaron Sorkin (1961), Jacqueline Susann (1918), and James Salter (1925).

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