1967 - Today
Ted Chiang (born 1967) is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus awards. His short story "Story of Your Life" was the basis of the film Arrival (2016). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ted Chiang has received more than 2,151,725 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ted Chiang is the 4,900th most popular writer (down from 4,664th in 2019), the 7,195th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,144th in 2019) and the 582nd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Ted Chiang ranks 4,900 out of 5,755. Before him are Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Sergey Gorodetsky, August Spies, Christian Matras, Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, and Tom Peters. After him are Henriette Roland Holst, Edward Rutherfurd, François Weyergans, Frano Selak, Lester del Rey, and Ring Lardner.
1918 - 1991
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 4,894
1884 - 1967
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 4,895
1855 - 1887
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 4,896
1900 - 1988
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 4,897
1842 - 1902
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 4,898
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 4,899
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 4,900
1869 - 1952
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 4,901
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 4,902
1941 - 2019
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 4,903
1929 - 2016
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 4,904
1915 - 1993
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 4,905
1885 - 1933
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 4,906
Among people born in 1967, Ted Chiang ranks 198. Before him are Zvonimir Soldo, Criss Angel, Scott Weiland, Kubilay Türkyilmaz, Sherry Stringfield, and Frankie Fredericks. After him are Magdalena Forsberg, Riddick Bowe, Igor Dobrovolski, José Padilha, Mohamed Nasheed, and Edu Manga.
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 192
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 193
1967 - 2015
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 194
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 195
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 196
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 197
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 198
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 199
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 200
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 201
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 202
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 203
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 204
Among people born in United States, Ted Chiang ranks 7,195 out of 18,182. Before him are Mary-Claire King (1946), Richard Mulligan (1932), Stan Musial (1920), Terry Kinney (1954), Tom Peters (1942), and George Tenet (1953). After him are George Crook (1828), Riddick Bowe (1967), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Zachary Levi (1980), Stanley Norman Cohen (1935), and Terry Moore (1929).
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 7,189
1932 - 2000
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 7,190
1920 - 2013
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 7,191
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 7,192
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 7,193
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 7,194
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 7,195
1828 - 1890
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 7,196
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 7,197
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 7,198
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 7,199
1935 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 7,200
1929 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 7,201
Among writers born in United States, Ted Chiang ranks 582. Before him are Kenneth Copeland (1936), Karin Slaughter (1971), Rita Mae Brown (1944), John Green (1977), Gardner Fox (1911), and Tom Peters (1942). After him are Lester del Rey (1915), Ring Lardner (1885), Joel Chandler Harris (1848), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), Pauline Kael (1919), and Conrad Aiken (1889).
1936 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 576
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 577
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 578
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 579
1911 - 1986
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 580
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 581
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 582
1915 - 1993
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 583
1885 - 1933
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 584
1848 - 1908
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 585
1918 - 2007
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 586
1919 - 2001
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 587
1889 - 1973
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 588