WRITER

Terry Goodkind

1948 - 2020

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Terry Lee Goodkind (January 11, 1948 – September 17, 2020) was an American writer. He was known for the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines (2009), which has ties to his fantasy series. The Sword of Truth series sold 25 million copies worldwide and was translated into more than 20 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry Goodkind has received more than 1,569,751 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Terry Goodkind is the 2,616th most popular writer (down from 2,280th in 2019), the 3,319th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,933rd in 2019) and the 286th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Terry Goodkind ranks 2,616 out of 7,302. Before him are Josef Jungmann, Gertrud von Le Fort, Georg Herwegh, Ivan Mažuranić, Mihail Sadoveanu, and Varro Atacinus. After him are Vladimir Sorokin, Nordahl Grieg, Dritëro Agolli, Günter Wallraff, John Wyndham, and Bragi Boddason.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Terry Goodkind ranks 209. Before him are Vladimír Remek, Pam Ferris, Abdelmalek Sellal, Marisol, Sho Kosugi, and László Lovász. After him are Viktor Afanasyev, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Pavel Grachev, Patty Pravo, Claude Le Roy, and Enrique Cerezo. Among people deceased in 2020, Terry Goodkind ranks 186. Before him are Fernando Solanas, John Hume, Trini Lopez, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian. After him are Vittorio Gregotti, Fred Willard, Sonja Ziemann, Pietro Anastasi, Adolfo Nicolás, and Walid Muallem.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terry Goodkind ranks 3,319 out of 20,380. Before him are Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823), Frankie Valli (1934), Halsey (1994), Gerry Mulligan (1927), Lauren Graham (1967), and Richard Jordan (1937). After him are Nancy Marchand (1928), Tom Bosley (1927), Earl Warren (1891), Alfre Woodard (1952), Patty Hearst (1954), and William Conrad (1920).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Terry Goodkind ranks 286. Before him are Andrea Dworkin (1946), John Barth (1930), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), Elmore Leonard (1925), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), and Jim Thompson (1906). After him are Neil Simon (1927), Orson Scott Card (1951), Eric Carle (1929), Richard Bandler (1950), John Cheever (1912), and William Goldman (1931).

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