WRITER

Tom Robbins

1932 - 2025

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Thomas Eugene Robbins (July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025) was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy dramas"). Robbins had lived in La Conner, Washington, since 1970, where he wrote nine of his books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Robbins has received more than 1,407,453 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Tom Robbins is the 5,546th most popular writer (down from 4,783rd in 2019), the 8,304th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,989th in 2019) and the 641st most popular American Writer.

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  • 53.14

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  • 20

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  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tom Robbins ranks 5,546 out of 7,302Before him are Kenneth Burke, Michael Grant, Meindert DeJong, Antoni Lange, Þórbergur Þórðarson, and John Esposito. After him are Ferdinand von Schirach, Grace Paley, Joe Sacco, Melih Cevdet Anday, Larry McMurtry, and Michiel de Swaen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Tom Robbins ranks 409Before him are Tetsuo Okamoto, James Stafford, Marc Bazin, Eeles Landström, Antonia Fraser, and Muhammad Khan Junejo. After him are Walter Kollmann, Dany Carrel, Richard Mulligan, Gaston Mercier, Max Streibl, and Roald Sagdeev. Among people deceased in 2025, Tom Robbins ranks 32Before him are Lima, Garth Hudson, Ján Zachara, John Sykes, Claude Allègre, and Harry Bild. After him are Werner Leimgruber, Bernd Cullmann, Ayla Erduran, Mike Ratledge, Maria Teresa Horta, and Dick Button.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Robbins ranks 8,304 out of 20,380Before him are Aloma Wright (1950), Curtis T. McMullen (1958), Harry Babcock (1890), Missy Elliott (1971), John Exley (1867), and Riddick Bowe (1967). After him are Michelle Trachtenberg (1985), Kal Penn (1977), Grace Paley (1922), Ricky Schroder (1970), Tenley Albright (1935), and Marcus Hurley (1883).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tom Robbins ranks 641Before him are Michael Herr (1940), Norman Cousins (1915), Tim Powers (1952), Rick Warren (1954), Kenneth Burke (1897), and John Esposito (1940). After him are Grace Paley (1922), Larry McMurtry (1936), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Barbara Ehrenreich (1941), Steven Millhauser (1943), and Madeleine L'Engle (1918).