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Robert James Waller

1939 - 2017

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Robert James Waller (August 1, 1939 – March 10, 2017) was an American author best known for The Bridges of Madison County. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert James Waller has received more than 273,315 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert James Waller is the 2,384th most popular writer (down from 1,942nd in 2019), the 3,074th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,443rd in 2019) and the 270th most popular American Writer.

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  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert James Waller ranks 2,384 out of 5,755Before him are Agathangelos, Verrius Flaccus, Dionysios Solomos, Giovanni de' Bardi, Al-Sharif al-Radi, and Franz Overbeck. After him are Jacques Futrelle, António Vieira, Jim Corbett, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Guido Guinizelli, and Jean Starobinski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Robert James Waller ranks 166Before him are Arkady Luxemburg, Jerry Brudos, Carlos do Carmo, Yael Dayan, Frank Vincent, and Yoshinobu Ishii. After him are Dick Scobee, Heinz Holliger, Louis Andriessen, Concha Velasco, Marisa Mell, and Festus Mogae. Among people deceased in 2017, Robert James Waller ranks 152Before him are Bernard Francis Law, Frank Vincent, Étienne Tshisekedi, Bayezid Osman, Anne Golon, and Quett Masire. After him are Shadia, Joachim Meisner, Seijun Suzuki, Manuel Sanchís Martínez, Raymond Smullyan, and Richard Anderson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert James Waller ranks 3,074 out of 18,182Before him are Alex North (1910), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Michelle Monaghan (1976), John Waters (1946), Calista Flockhart (1964), and Geoffrey Lewis (1935). After him are Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Elizabeth Banks (1974), Barbara O'Neil (1910), Jacques Futrelle (1875), Daniel Baldwin (1960), and Dick Scobee (1939).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert James Waller ranks 270Before him are Alexandra Ripley (1934), Edward Bunker (1933), Mary Baker Eddy (1821), Orson Scott Card (1951), Kate Chopin (1850), and Johnston McCulley (1883). After him are Jacques Futrelle (1875), Siri Hustvedt (1955), William L. Shirer (1904), Winston Groom (1943), Charles Berlitz (1913), and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809).