1947 - Today
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", his books have sold more than 350 million copies as of 2006, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 64 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen King has received more than 26,572,782 page views. His biography is available in 104 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). Stephen King is the 82nd most popular writer (up from 98th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from United States (up from 75th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Writer.
Stephen King is most famous for his horror novels.
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Among writers, Stephen King ranks 82 out of 5,755. Before him are Pablo Neruda, Jorge Luis Borges, Robert Frost, Toni Morrison, Paulo Coelho, and Nikolai Gogol. After him are Jonathan Swift, Miyamoto Musashi, Milan Kundera, Heinrich Heine, Selma Lagerlöf, and Virginia Woolf.
1904 - 1973
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 76
1899 - 1986
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 77
1874 - 1963
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 78
1931 - 2019
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 79
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 80
1809 - 1852
HPI: 77.86
Rank: 81
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 82
1667 - 1745
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 83
1584 - 1645
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 84
1929 - Present
HPI: 77.72
Rank: 85
1797 - 1856
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 86
1858 - 1940
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 87
1882 - 1941
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 88
Among people born in 1947, Stephen King ranks 5. Before him are Hillary Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johan Cruyff, and Paulo Coelho. After him are David Bowie, Elton John, Brian May, Brian Johnson, James Hunt, Florentino Pérez, and Dilma Rousseff.
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.95
Rank: 1
1947 - Present
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 2
1947 - 2016
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 3
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 4
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 5
1947 - 2016
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 8
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 9
1947 - 1993
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 11
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Stephen King ranks 68 out of 18,182. Before him are Donald Trump (1946), Toni Morrison (1931), Charles Lindbergh (1902), Al Gore (1948), Morgan Freeman (1937), and Helen Keller (1880). After him are John D. Rockefeller (1839), Danny DeVito (1944), Noam Chomsky (1928), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890), Patrick Swayze (1952), and Theodore Roosevelt (1858).
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 62
1931 - 2019
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 63
1902 - 1974
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 64
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.92
Rank: 65
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 66
1880 - 1968
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 67
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 68
1839 - 1937
HPI: 77.60
Rank: 69
1944 - Present
HPI: 77.60
Rank: 70
1928 - Present
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 71
1890 - 1969
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 72
1952 - 2009
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 73
1858 - 1919
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 74
Among writers born in United States, Stephen King ranks 8. Before him are Ernest Hemingway (1899), Mark Twain (1835), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), Jack London (1876), Robert Frost (1874), and Toni Morrison (1931). After him are Henry David Thoreau (1817), H. P. Lovecraft (1890), Dr. Seuss (1904), William Faulkner (1897), Frank Herbert (1920), and J. D. Salinger (1919).
1899 - 1961
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 2
1835 - 1910
HPI: 80.98
Rank: 3
1896 - 1940
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 4
1876 - 1916
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 5
1874 - 1963
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 6
1931 - 2019
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 8
1817 - 1862
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 9
1890 - 1937
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 10
1904 - 1991
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 11
1897 - 1962
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 12
1920 - 1986
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 13
1919 - 2010
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 14