WRITER

Sonny Barger

1938 - 2022

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Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger Jr. (October 8, 1938 – June 29, 2022) was an American outlaw biker who was a founding member of the Oakland, California chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in 1957. After forming the Oakland chapter, Barger was instrumental in unifying various disparate Hells Angels chapters and had the club incorporated in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonny Barger has received more than 4,895,118 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sonny Barger is the 4,185th most popular writer, the 5,532nd most popular biography from United States and the 451st most popular American Writer.

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  • 4.9M

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  • 49.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sonny Barger ranks 4,185 out of 7,302. Before him are Rachid Boudjedra, Miyamoto Yuriko, René Depestre, Leigh Brackett, Louise Erdrich, and William Langland. After him are Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, Frans Michael Franzén, Almudena Grandes, Dan Andersson, Wafa Sultan, and Sotades.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Sonny Barger ranks 331. Before him are Sergio Martino, Jay Garner, Maurizio Costanzo, Murtala Mohammed, James Farentino, and Klaus Hänsch. After him are Dennis Oppenheim, Rika Zaraï, Valentin Mankin, Aristide Guarneri, Roger E. Mosley, and Paolo Romeo. Among people deceased in 2022, Sonny Barger ranks 287. Before him are Yoshio Kikugawa, Nora Nova, Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Steinar Amundsen, Herbert Mullin, and Clarence Gilyard. After him are Mark Forest, Joseph Raz, Juan Diego, Sally Kellerman, Fernando Chalana, and Vesa-Matti Loiri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sonny Barger ranks 5,532 out of 20,380. Before him are Raoul Trujillo (1955), Leigh Brackett (1915), Louise Erdrich (1954), Wallace Clement Sabine (1868), Tammy Wynette (1942), and Billy Cox (1939). After him are Lee Falk (1911), Garry Shandling (1949), Paget Brewster (1969), Leland Sklar (1947), Michael Imperioli (1966), and Doug Hutchison (1960).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sonny Barger ranks 451. Before him are Glen A. Larson (1937), Nicholas Pileggi (1933), Hart Crane (1899), Conrad Aiken (1889), Leigh Brackett (1915), and Louise Erdrich (1954). After him are Ida B. Wells (1862), Theodore Roszak (1933), Charlaine Harris (1951), Erica Jong (1942), Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863), and Bill Bryson (1951).

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