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Robert Ludlum

1927 - 2001

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Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original The Bourne Trilogy series. The number of copies of his books in print is estimated between 300 million and 500 million. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Ludlum has received more than 2,004,532 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Robert Ludlum is the 762nd most popular writer (down from 624th in 2019), the 859th most popular biography from United States (down from 686th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Writer.

Robert Ludlum is most famous for his Bourne series of novels, which have been adapted into movies.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Ludlum ranks 762 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean Anouilh, Nestor the Chronicler, Epicharmus of Kos, Antonio Tabucchi, Klaus Ebner, and Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. After him are Natalia Ginzburg, Thomas Harris, Gregory Skovoroda, Katherine Mansfield, Neal Cassady, and Aelia Eudocia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Robert Ludlum ranks 40. Before him are Raúl Alfonsín, Manfred Eigen, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Emmanuelle Riva, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, and Angelo Sodano. After him are Daniel Keyes, Hugo Pratt, Don Shirley, Harry Mulisch, Harry Markowitz, and Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Among people deceased in 2001, Robert Ludlum ranks 26. Before him are Alberto Korda, Ernst Gombrich, Douglas Adams, Nikolay Basov, Marie José of Belgium, and Clifford Shull. After him are Dương Văn Minh, William Hanna, Zhang Xueliang, John Lee Hooker, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Ludlum ranks 859 out of 20,380. Before him are Ronnie Coleman (1964), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), Bing Crosby (1903), Powers Boothe (1948), Harriet Tubman (1820), and Benedict Arnold (1741). After him are Aaron T. Beck (1921), Anne Sullivan (1866), Susan B. Anthony (1820), Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868), Thomas Harris (1940), and Neal Cassady (1926).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Ludlum ranks 79. Before him are Jack Vance (1916), Louise Hay (1926), Dalton Trumbo (1905), William Saroyan (1908), Robert E. Howard (1906), and John Dos Passos (1896). After him are Thomas Harris (1940), Neal Cassady (1926), Sinclair Lewis (1885), Raymond Carver (1938), Leon Uris (1924), and Maya Angelou (1928).

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