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Scott Turow

1949 - Today

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Scott Frederick Turow (born April 12, 1949) is an American author and lawyer. Turow worked as a lawyer for a decade before writing full-time, and has written 13 fiction and three nonfiction books, which have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 30 million copies. Turow’s novels are set primarily among the legal community in the fictional Kindle County. Films have been based on several of his books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scott Turow has received more than 842,940 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Scott Turow is the 6,034th most popular writer (down from 5,331st in 2019), the 9,900th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,570th in 2019) and the 747th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Scott Turow ranks 6,034 out of 7,302. Before him are Karin Alvtegen, Agustín Durán, Maria Janion, Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, Anne Fine, and Manuel Rojas. After him are Ľudmila Podjavorinská, Sandro Veronesi, Fredy Perlman, René Benjamin, Danièle Sallenave, and Ravindra Kelekar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Scott Turow ranks 597. Before him are Richard Russo, Roger Allers, Aslaug Dahl, Harry Turtledove, Michael Horse, and Artis Gilmore. After him are Wilhelm Kreuz, Lauren Shuler Donner, Bruno Forte, Gloria Hendry, Irene Pepperberg, and Mircea Diaconu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Scott Turow ranks 9,900 out of 20,380. Before him are Alexander Wetmore (1886), Charles Colson (1931), Andrea Leeds (1914), Bruce Schneier (1963), Jessica Jung (1989), and Hope Sandoval (1966). After him are Robert Morse (1931), Patty Jenkins (1971), Avery Dulles (1918), Chuck McKinley (1941), Dianna Agron (1986), and Mary Engle Pennington (1872).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Scott Turow ranks 747. Before him are Jacob Abbott (1803), Rebecca Solnit (1961), Nella Larsen (1891), Anna J. Cooper (1858), Dick Cavett (1936), and Andy Weir (1972). After him are Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Crane Wilbur (1886), Armistead Maupin (1944), Tony Kushner (1956), Gustav Hasford (1947), and Stephen R. Donaldson (1947).

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