1947 - Today
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 61 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 19,387,069 page views. His biography is available in 97 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 95 in 2019). Stephen King is the 98th most popular writer (down from 89th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from United States (down from 58th 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 98 out of 5,794. Before him are Charles Bukowski, Heinrich Heine, Cato the Elder, José Saramago, Theodor Herzl, and Mary Shelley. After him are Maurice Maeterlinck, Erich Maria Remarque, Selma Lagerlöf, André Gide, Ivan Turgenev, and Miyamoto Musashi.
1920 - 1994
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 92
1797 - 1856
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 93
243 BC - 149 BC
HPI: 82.86
Rank: 94
1922 - 2010
HPI: 82.83
Rank: 95
1860 - 1904
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 96
1797 - 1851
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 97
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 98
1862 - 1949
HPI: 82.63
Rank: 99
1898 - 1970
HPI: 82.62
Rank: 100
1858 - 1940
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 101
1869 - 1951
HPI: 82.57
Rank: 102
1818 - 1883
HPI: 82.56
Rank: 103
1584 - 1645
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 104
Among people born in 1947, Stephen King ranks 4. Before him are Hillary Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Johan Cruyff. After him are Paulo Coelho, David Bowie, Elton John, Brian May, Brian Johnson, Dilma Rousseff, James Hunt, and O. J. Simpson.
1947 - Present
HPI: 87.74
Rank: 1
1947 - Present
HPI: 83.95
Rank: 2
1947 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 3
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 4
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.32
Rank: 5
1947 - 2016
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 80.63
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 8
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 10
1947 - 1993
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 11
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Stephen King ranks 75 out of 15,968. Before him are Noam Chomsky (1928), George H. W. Bush (1924), Danny DeVito (1944), Helen Keller (1880), Woody Allen (1935), and Robin Williams (1951). After him are John Dewey (1859), Joe Biden (1942), Dustin Hoffman (1937), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), Patrick Swayze (1952), and Frank Sinatra (1915).
1928 - Present
HPI: 83.01
Rank: 69
1924 - 2018
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 70
1944 - Present
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 71
1880 - 1968
HPI: 82.77
Rank: 72
1935 - Present
HPI: 82.76
Rank: 73
1951 - 2014
HPI: 82.71
Rank: 74
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 75
1859 - 1952
HPI: 82.66
Rank: 76
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.42
Rank: 77
1937 - Present
HPI: 82.37
Rank: 78
1929 - 1994
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 79
1952 - 2009
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 80
1915 - 1998
HPI: 82.15
Rank: 81
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), J. D. Salinger (1919), John Steinbeck (1902), H. P. Lovecraft (1890), William Faulkner (1897), and Ray Bradbury (1920).
1899 - 1961
HPI: 87.47
Rank: 2
1835 - 1910
HPI: 87.04
Rank: 3
1896 - 1940
HPI: 85.69
Rank: 4
1876 - 1916
HPI: 83.82
Rank: 5
1874 - 1963
HPI: 83.51
Rank: 6
1931 - 2019
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 8
1817 - 1862
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 9
1919 - 2010
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 10
1902 - 1968
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 11
1890 - 1937
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 12
1897 - 1962
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 13
1920 - 2012
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 14