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Robert M. Pirsig

1928 - 2017

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Robert Maynard Pirsig (; September 6, 1928 – April 24, 2017) was an American writer and philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert M. Pirsig has received more than 1,084,699 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert M. Pirsig is the 2,691st most popular writer (up from 3,015th in 2019), the 3,404th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,945th in 2019) and the 297th most popular American Writer.

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  • 60.17

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 2,691 out of 7,302Before him are Jacques Collin de Plancy, Alex Haley, Jean-François de La Harpe, David Lagercrantz, Giuseppe Giacosa, and Horace McCoy. After him are William Smith, Violette Leduc, Hildebert, Yi Kwang-su, Juliette Adam, and George Tabori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 216Before him are Édouard Glissant, Bella Darvi, Nancy Marchand, Fidel Ramos, Ciriaco De Mita, and Tom Sharpe. After him are Yury Yakovlev, Reg Park, Willy Mairesse, Saw Maung, Leonid Bykov, and Luigi Colani. Among people deceased in 2017, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 181Before him are Seijun Suzuki, Joachim Meisner, Dritëro Agolli, Linda Nochlin, Albert Zafy, and Hilarion Capucci. After him are Max Gallo, Gustavo Rojo, Marjorie Boulton, Sonny Landham, Mary Tyler Moore, and Arthur Janov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 3,404 out of 20,380Before him are Mick Mars (1951), Jack Cassidy (1927), Jeff Hanneman (1964), Robert D. Putnam (1941), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), and Horace McCoy (1897). After him are Melissa Sue Anderson (1962), Vernor Vinge (1944), Earnie Shavers (1944), Machine Gun Kelly (1990), Fred Quimby (1886), and Hyman Minsky (1919).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 297Before him are John Cheever (1912), William Goldman (1931), Michael Cunningham (1952), Harlan Ellison (1934), Alex Haley (1921), and Horace McCoy (1897). After him are Henry Darger (1892), Eric Roth (1945), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Harold Robbins (1916), and Carl Bernstein (1944).