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Thomas Friedman

1953 - Today

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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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  • 2.3M

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  • 48.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Friedman ranks 4,043 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Thomas Friedman ranks 218Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Friedman ranks 5,486 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Thomas Friedman ranks 452Before 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).

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