WRITER

Ruth Westheimer

1928 - 2024

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Karola Ruth Westheimer (née Siegel; June 4, 1928 – July 12, 2024), better known as Dr. Ruth, was a German and American sex therapist and talk show host. Westheimer was born in Germany to a Jewish family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruth Westheimer has received more than 3,758,779 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruth Westheimer is the 4,334th most popular writer (down from 3,596th in 2019), the 4,244th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,492nd in 2019) and the 265th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Dr. Ruth talks about grandparents
Grandparents, Juvenile literature
1997
Dr. Ruth's guide to good sex
Popular works, Sex, Sex instruction
1983
All in a lifetime
Biography, Sex therapists
1988
Grandparenthood
Grandparenting, Grandparents
1998
Sex for dummies
Sex instruction, Humor, Sex
Try new sexual positions The bestselling guide to a rewarding sex life and a deeper relationship Looking for the straight facts on sex? In this friendly, authoritative guide, renowned sex therapist Dr. Ruth gives you the latest on everything from oral sex and popular positions to new methods of birth control. She also debunks sex myths and covers new therapies to manage low libido, overcome sexual dysfunction, and enhance pleasure. Praise for Dr. Ruth and Sex For Dummies "Her energy level is higher than that of a charged particle." --People Magazine "Dr. Ruth writes the way she talks -- enthusiastically, nonjudgmentally, and informatively. . . ." --Booklist "Her name and the distinctive thrill of her voice have become inextricably linked with the subject of sex." --New York Times Discover how to Enjoy the first time Enhance foreplay and afterplay with your partner Avoid STDs and have safer sex Discuss sex with your kids Navigate cybersex
1995

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ruth Westheimer ranks 4,334 out of 7,302. Before her are Dorothee Sölle, Franciszek Karpiński, Orhan Kemal, Winston Graham, Helen Prejean, and Breyten Breytenbach. After her are Maksim Tank, Connie Willis, Yurii Andrukhovych, Moacyr Scliar, Andrew Marvell, and Larry Collins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Ruth Westheimer ranks 356. Before her are Minas Avetisyan, Károly Sándor, Veijo Meri, William Trevor, Dezső Bundzsák, and Miguel Poblet. After her are François Remetter, Charles David Keeling, Michel Brault, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Gudrun Pausewang, and Frank Rosenblatt. Among people deceased in 2024, Ruth Westheimer ranks 238. Before her are Otis Davis, Léon Semmeling, Percy Adlon, Peter Sinfield, Michel Blanc, and Breyten Breytenbach. After her are Elke Erb, Joe Lieberman, Noriko Ohara, Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, Paul Morrissey, and Bernard Pivot.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ruth Westheimer ranks 4,244 out of 7,253. Before her are Franz Delitzsch (1813), Princess Marie of Nassau (1825), Dorothee Sölle (1929), Peter Gay (1923), Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg (1923), and Ernst Albrecht (1907). After her are Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald (1902), Gisela Arendt (1918), Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (1804), Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (1869), Wolfgang Staudte (1906), and Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1859).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Ruth Westheimer ranks 265. Before her are Joachim Ringelnatz (1883), Iwan Bloch (1872), Fritz Reuter (1810), Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746), Herbert Achternbusch (1938), and Dorothee Sölle (1929). After her are Elke Erb (1938), Karl Leberecht Immermann (1796), Paul Bekker (1882), Johann Beckmann (1739), Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901), and Felix Dahn (1834).

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