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Wayne Dyer

1940 - 2015

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Wayne Walter Dyer (May 10, 1940 – August 29, 2015) was an American self-help author and a motivational speaker. Dyer earned a Bachelor’s degree in History and Philosophy, a Master’s degree in Psychology and an Ed.D. in Guidance and Counseling at Wayne State University in 1970. Early in his career, he worked as a high school guidance counselor, and went on to run a successful private therapy practice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wayne Dyer has received more than 3,492,753 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Wayne Dyer is the 2,221st most popular writer (down from 1,536th in 2019), the 2,781st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,985th in 2019) and the 244th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wayne Dyer ranks 2,221 out of 7,302. Before him are Mikhail Artsybashev, Audre Lorde, Arsen Kotsoyev, Shakuntala Devi, Maciej Stryjkowski, and Joseph Heller. After him are Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Chittaranjan Das, Renaud Camus, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma, and Israel Joshua Singer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Wayne Dyer ranks 160. Before him are John Warnock, Antonio Skármeta, Jeffrey Archer, John Havlicek, Dietmar Hopp, and Charles Robert Jenkins. After him are Sam Waterston, Luis Cubilla, Leonard Susskind, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, Gloria Leonard, and Richard Williamson. Among people deceased in 2015, Wayne Dyer ranks 115. Before him are Chea Sim, John Guillermin, Kirk Kerkorian, Robert Manzon, E. L. Doctorow, and Carl Djerassi. After him are Aldo Ciccolini, Joshua Fishman, Magali Noël, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Ignacio Zoco, and Jacob Bekenstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wayne Dyer ranks 2,781 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Reubens (1952), Charles W. Fairbanks (1852), Don Simpson (1943), Melanie (1947), Thelma Ritter (1902), and Joseph Heller (1923). After him are Harry Porter (1882), Edie Sedgwick (1943), Basil Poledouris (1945), Murray Perahia (1947), Buddy Guy (1936), and Elizabeth McGovern (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Wayne Dyer ranks 244. Before him are Samuel R. Delany (1942), E. L. Doctorow (1931), Alfred Bester (1913), Erich Segal (1937), Audre Lorde (1934), and Joseph Heller (1923). After him are Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), Harlan Coben (1962), Edward Bunker (1933), Fritz Leiber (1910), John W. Campbell (1910), and Robert Ressler (1937).

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