1946 - Today
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 31,892 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Tim O'Brien is the 5,658th most popular writer (down from 5,289th in 2019), the 10,090th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,502nd in 2019) and the 765th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Tim O'Brien ranks 5,658 out of 5,755. Before him are Rick Yancey, Kento Masuda, Ann Bannon, Richard Price, China Miéville, and George Alec Effinger. After him are George MacDonald Fraser, Stig Claesson, Frances Power Cobbe, Kåre Holt, Leïla Slimani, and Göran Sonnevi.
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 5,652
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 5,653
1932 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 5,654
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 5,655
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 5,656
1947 - 2002
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 5,657
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 5,658
1925 - 2008
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 5,659
1928 - 2008
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 5,660
1822 - 1904
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 5,661
1916 - 1997
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 5,662
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 5,663
1939 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 5,664
Among people born in 1946, Tim O'Brien ranks 614. Before him are Charles Asati, Josef Augusta, Georgi Markov, Shirley Ann Jackson, Michael Clarke, and Adolfo Nef. After him are John Trudell, Sergio Gori, Rick Adelman, Howard Kendall, Robert L. Gibson, and N. R. Narayana Murthy.
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 608
1946 - 2017
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 609
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 610
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 611
1946 - 1993
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 612
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 613
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 614
1946 - 2015
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 615
1946 - 2023
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 616
1946 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 617
1946 - 2015
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 618
1946 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 619
1946 - Present
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 620
Among people born in United States, Tim O'Brien ranks 10,090 out of 18,182. Before him are Colin Edwards (1974), Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), George Alec Effinger (1947), Amy Schumer (1981), Katherine Maher (1983), and Rip Taylor (1931). After him are Francis James Child (1825), Thomas Bopp (1949), Jeff Berlin (1953), Alma Rubens (1897), Charles Francis Adams Sr. (1807), and Narada Michael Walden (1952).
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 10,084
1926 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 10,085
1947 - 2002
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 10,086
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 10,087
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 10,088
1931 - 2019
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 10,089
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 10,090
1825 - 1896
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 10,091
1949 - 2018
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 10,092
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 10,093
1897 - 1931
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 10,094
1807 - 1886
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 10,095
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 10,096
Among writers born in United States, Tim O'Brien ranks 765. Before him are Anna J. Cooper (1858), Terry Southern (1924), Rick Yancey (1962), Ann Bannon (1932), Richard Price (1949), and George Alec Effinger (1947). After him are Arthur Laurents (1917), Greg Daniels (1963), George B. Seitz (1888), Theodore Roethke (1908), Bill Bright (1921), and Tom Kapinos (1969).
1858 - 1964
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 759
1924 - 1995
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 760
1962 - Present
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 761
1932 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 762
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 763
1947 - 2002
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 764
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 765
1917 - 2011
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 766
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 767
1888 - 1944
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 768
1908 - 1963
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 769
1921 - 2003
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 770
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 771