WRITER

Robert Jordan

1948 - 2007

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James Oliver Rigney Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author of epic fantasy. He is known best for his series The Wheel of Time (finished using Jordan’s notes by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death) which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel. He is one of several writers to have written original Conan the Barbarian novels; his are considered by fans to be some of the best of the non-Robert E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Jordan has received more than 2,768,092 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Robert Jordan is the 1,495th most popular writer (down from 1,162nd in 2019), the 1,842nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,415th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Jordan ranks 1,495 out of 7,302. Before him are Evelyn Waugh, Marianne Weber, Heiner Müller, Adam Oehlenschläger, Stéphane Hessel, and Gil Vicente. After him are Salvian, B. K. S. Iyengar, Nora Roberts, Georges Duhamel, Ibn al-Khatib, and Elsa Beskow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Robert Jordan ranks 115. Before him are Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Hans Rosling, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Susan Atkins, Jonathan Hyde, and Thierry Mugler. After him are Johnny Ramone, Jimmy Cliff, Hema Malini, Charles Taylor, Krešimir Ćosić, and Carel Struycken. Among people deceased in 2007, Robert Jordan ranks 67. Before him are Jean-Pierre Vernant, Jupp Derwall, Joe Zawinul, Colin McRae, Marcheline Bertrand, and Yvonne De Carlo. After him are Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Gianfranco Ferré, Ousmane Sembène, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, Lady Bird Johnson, and Kiichi Miyazawa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Jordan ranks 1,842 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Regan (1938), Marcia Cross (1962), Nina Hartley (1959), Richard Schiff (1955), Henry Draper (1837), and Spike Lee (1957). After him are Roger Corman (1926), Nora Roberts (1950), Joey Ramone (1951), Paul Desmond (1924), Michael Bay (1965), and Frederick Cook (1865).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Jordan ranks 162. Before him are Robin Hobb (1952), Robert Bloch (1917), Virginia Henderson (1897), Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Elizabeth George (1949), and James Oliver Curwood (1878). After him are Nora Roberts (1950), Edward Albee (1928), Carson McCullers (1917), John Dickson Carr (1906), Elizabeth Bishop (1911), and Ben Shapiro (1984).

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