WRITER

Terry Bisson

1942 - 2024

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Terry Ballantine Bisson (February 12, 1942 – January 10, 2024) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was best known for his short stories, including "Bears Discover Fire", which won the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, and "They're Made Out of Meat". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry Bisson has received more than 173,256 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Terry Bisson is the 2,348th most popular writer (up from 5,530th in 2019), the 2,927th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,367th in 2019) and the 259th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Terry Bisson ranks 2,348 out of 7,302. Before him are Nennius, Terry Eagleton, Marius Aventicensis, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Rabia Balkhi, and Eugippius. After him are Anton Bernolák, Karel Hynek Mácha, Phocylides, Margit Sandemo, Philip Sidney, and Juan de Valdés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Terry Bisson ranks 206. Before him are Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, Nguyễn Minh Triết, Jules Wijdenbosch, Henri Pescarolo, Ian Callaghan, and Irina Miroshnichenko. After him are Leo Nucci, Vyacheslav Zudov, Hayedeh, John Sulston, Anatoli Bugorski, and Rupert Sheldrake. Among people deceased in 2024, Terry Bisson ranks 144. Before him are Tito Jackson, Levan Tediashvili, Guy Bonnet, Melanie, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, and Donald Adamson. After him are Alberto Festa, Vyacheslav Zudov, Juan Vicente Pérez, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Bennie Muller, and Paul Di'Anno.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terry Bisson ranks 2,927 out of 20,380. Before him are Natalie Cole (1950), Winfield Scott (1786), Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Elizabeth Loftus (1944), and George Dewey (1837). After him are Smokey Robinson (1940), Paul Strand (1890), John Lasseter (1957), Ivy Lee (1877), Rebecca De Mornay (1959), and Bobby Riggs (1918).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Terry Bisson ranks 259. Before him are Archibald Gracie IV (1858), August Derleth (1909), Mary Baker Eddy (1821), Terence McKenna (1946), Kathy Reichs (1948), and William Peter Blatty (1928). After him are Frank McCourt (1930), Neil Postman (1931), Charles Berlitz (1913), Kate Millett (1934), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), and Kate Chopin (1850).

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