1953 - Today
Thomas Loren Friedman ( FREED-mən; born July 20, 1953) is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is a weekly columnist for The New York Times. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Friedman has received more than 2,278,745 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Friedman is the 4,043rd most popular writer (up from 4,199th in 2019), the 5,486th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,905th in 2019) and the 452nd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Thomas Friedman ranks 4,043 out of 5,755. Before him are Aurora Mardiganian, Leopold Staff, Bel Kaufman, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Joe Abercrombie, and Richard Hughes. After him are Michael Morpurgo, Ari Behn, Teffi, Anna Gavalda, Lajos Kassák, and Bolesław Leśmian.
1901 - 1994
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 4,037
1878 - 1957
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 4,038
1911 - 2014
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 4,039
1906 - 2001
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 4,040
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 4,041
1900 - 1976
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 4,042
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 4,043
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 4,044
1972 - 2019
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 4,045
1872 - 1952
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 4,046
1970 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 4,047
1887 - 1967
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 4,048
1877 - 1937
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 4,049
Among people born in 1953, Thomas Friedman ranks 218. Before him are Ante Čačić, Zoran Janković, Darlanne Fluegel, Norberto Alonso, Georgina Rizk, and Zoran Lilić. After him are Aleksandr Abdulov, Sara Simeoni, Bruce Kulick, Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Maryam Rajavi, and Brigi Rafini.
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 212
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 213
1953 - 2017
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 214
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 215
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 216
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 217
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 218
1953 - 2008
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 219
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 220
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 221
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 222
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 223
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 224
Among people born in United States, Thomas Friedman ranks 5,486 out of 18,182. Before him are Helen Herron Taft (1861), Alexander Mackendrick (1912), Robert Walker (1918), Budd Boetticher (1916), Marion Jones (1975), and Danneel Ackles (1979). After him are Oswald Veblen (1880), James Shigeta (1929), Milman Parry (1902), Anne Shirley (1918), Eugene Garfield (1925), and Nancy Walker (1922).
1861 - 1943
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 5,480
1912 - 1993
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 5,481
1918 - 1951
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 5,482
1916 - 2001
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 5,483
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 5,484
1979 - Present
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 5,485
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 5,486
1880 - 1960
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 5,487
1929 - 2014
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 5,488
1902 - 1935
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 5,489
1918 - 1993
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 5,490
1925 - 2017
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 5,491
1922 - 1992
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 5,492
Among writers born in United States, Thomas Friedman ranks 452. Before him are William Wharton (1925), Daniel Silva (1960), Tad Williams (1957), David Mamet (1947), Russell Kirk (1918), and Ivanka Trump (1981). After him are Mary McCarthy (1912), Marilynne Robinson (1943), Cordwainer Smith (1913), Zane Grey (1872), Paul Theroux (1941), and Sara Teasdale (1884).
1925 - 2008
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 446
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 447
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 448
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 449
1918 - 1994
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 450
1981 - Present
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 451
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 452
1912 - 1989
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 453
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 454
1913 - 1966
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 455
1872 - 1939
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 456
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 457
1884 - 1933
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 458