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Tim O'Brien

1946 - Today

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Tim O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist who served as a soldier in the Vietnam War. Much of his writing is about wartime Vietnam, and his work later in life often explores the postwar lives of its veterans. O'Brien is perhaps best known for his book The Things They Carried (1990), a collection of linked semi-autobiographical stories inspired by his wartime experiences. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim O'Brien has received more than 33,378 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Tim O'Brien is the 6,292nd most popular writer (down from 5,637th in 2019), the 11,184th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,067th in 2019) and the 822nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 33k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tim O'Brien ranks 6,292 out of 7,302. Before him are Karel Schoeman, Richard A. Knaak, Mathias Énard, Naomi Mitchison, Sybille Bedford, and Helen Hunt Jackson. After him are Abby Mann, Paul Klebnikov, Delfina Bunge, Lascelles Abercrombie, Colleen Hoover, and Sjón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Tim O'Brien ranks 725. Before him are Emily de Jongh-Elhage, Hadi Dahane, Ian Wallace, Patrick Manning, Josef Horešovský, and Ion Alexe. After him are Natalya Pechonkina, Humphrey Carpenter, Richard Bauckham, Wiesław Rudkowski, Claudette Werleigh, and Dennis Kucinich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tim O'Brien ranks 11,184 out of 20,380. Before him are Carmel Myers (1899), Gabriel Mann (1972), Brian Welch (1970), Meaghan Martin (1992), Helen Hunt Jackson (1830), and Adam Jones (1965). After him are George Tobias (1901), Alice Terry (1900), Isabelle Fuhrman (1997), Dwight Frye (1899), Alexandra Silk (1963), and Peter Masterson (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tim O'Brien ranks 822. Before him are John Clellon Holmes (1926), Alexei Panshin (1940), P. C. Cast (1960), Susan Glaspell (1876), Richard A. Knaak (1961), and Helen Hunt Jackson (1830). After him are Abby Mann (1927), Paul Klebnikov (1963), Colleen Hoover (1979), Lynne Cox (1957), Wayne C. Booth (1921), and Frances Harper (1825).

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