1947 - 2013
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Clancy has received more than 9,358,422 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 61 in 2019). Tom Clancy is the 406th most popular writer (up from 442nd in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from United States (up from 440th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Writer.
Tom Clancy is most famous for his Jack Ryan series of novels, which include "The Hunt for Red October," "Patriot Games," "Clear and Present Danger," "The Sum of All Fears," and "The Teeth of the Tiger."
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Among writers, Tom Clancy ranks 406 out of 5,755. Before him are Arion, Lysias, Paul Auster, Propertius, Martial, and Alvin Toffler. After him are W. B. Yeats, Sholem Aleichem, Gertrude Stein, Saint-John Perse, Thomas Bernhard, and Meera.
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 400
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 401
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 402
50 BC - 14 BC
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 403
40 - 104
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 404
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 405
1947 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 406
1865 - 1939
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 407
1859 - 1916
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 408
1874 - 1946
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 409
1887 - 1975
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 410
1931 - 1989
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 411
1498 - 1546
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 412
Among people born in 1947, Tom Clancy ranks 21. Before him are Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, O. J. Simpson, Michael Porter, Takeshi Kitano, and Paul Auster. After him are Carlos Santana, Glenn Close, Iggy Pop, Salman Rushdie, Shirin Ebadi, and Paco de Lucía. Among people deceased in 2013, Tom Clancy ranks 12. Before him are Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Peter O'Toole, Jorge Rafael Videla, Frederick Sanger, and Paul Walker. After him are Giuliano Gemma, Mohammed Omar, Joan Fontaine, Ronald Coase, Heinrich Rohrer, and Lou Reed.
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 15
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 17
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 18
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 19
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 20
1947 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 21
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 22
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 23
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 24
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 25
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 26
1947 - 2014
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 27
1921 - 2013
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 6
1911 - 2013
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 7
1932 - 2013
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 8
1925 - 2013
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 9
1918 - 2013
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 10
1973 - 2013
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 11
1947 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 12
1938 - 2013
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 13
1962 - 2013
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 14
1917 - 2013
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 15
1910 - 2013
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 16
1933 - 2013
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 17
1942 - 2013
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 18
Among people born in United States, Tom Clancy ranks 414 out of 18,182. Before him are Eminem (1972), Paul Auster (1947), Julia Roberts (1967), William McKinley (1843), Joseph Henry (1797), and Alvin Toffler (1928). After him are Millard Fillmore (1800), Black Dahlia (1924), Gertrude Stein (1874), Dwayne Johnson (1972), Harold Ramis (1944), and Colin Powell (1937).
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 408
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 409
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 410
1843 - 1901
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 411
1797 - 1878
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 412
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 413
1947 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 414
1800 - 1874
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 415
1924 - 1947
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 416
1874 - 1946
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 417
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 418
1944 - 2014
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 419
1937 - 2021
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 420
Among writers born in United States, Tom Clancy ranks 44. Before him are Susan Sontag (1933), Henry James (1843), Dan Brown (1964), Sylvia Plath (1932), Paul Auster (1947), and Alvin Toffler (1928). After him are Gertrude Stein (1874), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Tennessee Williams (1911), Richard Bach (1936), William S. Burroughs (1914), and Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804).
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 38
1843 - 1916
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 39
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 40
1932 - 1963
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 41
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 42
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 43
1947 - 2013
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 44
1874 - 1946
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 45
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 46
1911 - 1983
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 47
1936 - Present
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 48
1914 - 1997
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 49
1804 - 1864
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 50