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Tony Hillerman

1925 - 2008

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Anthony Grove Hillerman (May 27, 1925 – October 26, 2008) was an American author of detective novels and nonfiction works, best known for his mystery novels featuring Navajo Nation Police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Hillerman has received more than 1,178,246 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Tony Hillerman is the 5,860th most popular writer (down from 5,084th in 2019), the 9,226th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,707th in 2019) and the 701st most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tony Hillerman ranks 5,860 out of 7,302. Before him are Arthur Symons, Xosé María Díaz Castro, Daniel Goldhagen, Charles Mackay, Eldridge Cleaver, and José Amador de los Ríos. After him are Malcolm Bradbury, Joan D. Vinge, André Chamson, Laura Restrepo, Gurdial Singh, and Jean-Jacques Schuhl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Tony Hillerman ranks 449. Before him are Cal Tjader, Mel Tormé, D. A. Pennebaker, Solomon Marcus, Miklós Szilvási, and Lilyan Chauvin. After him are John Wain, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, Slater Martin, Wahiduddin Khan, Atilio López, and Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher. Among people deceased in 2008, Tony Hillerman ranks 317. Before him are Tony Rolt, Cachao, Estelle Reiner, Randy Pausch, Walter Haummer, and Lilyan Chauvin. After him are Anatoly Karatsuba, Albin Planinc, Halszka Osmólska, Heinz Wewers, Ann Savage, and Buddy Miles.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tony Hillerman ranks 9,226 out of 20,380. Before him are Hugo Black (1886), Richard Grieco (1965), Joyce DiDonato (1969), Anjanette Comer (1939), Steve Prefontaine (1951), and Keith Andes (1920). After him are Adam Goldberg (1970), Jeanne Cooper (1928), Jim Hanks (1961), Terrence Mann (1951), Seasick Steve (1951), and William Rosecrans (1819).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tony Hillerman ranks 701. Before him are M. Scott Peck (1936), Akiva Goldsman (1962), Robinson Jeffers (1887), Judy Blume (1938), Daniel Goldhagen (1959), and Eldridge Cleaver (1935). After him are Joan D. Vinge (1948), Archibald MacLeish (1892), Booth Tarkington (1869), Eric Van Lustbader (1946), R. A. Lafferty (1914), and Lyman Abbott (1835).

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