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Zane Grey

1872 - 1939

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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zane Grey has received more than 1,290,643 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Zane Grey is the 4,097th most popular writer (down from 3,617th in 2019), the 5,570th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,833rd in 2019) and the 456th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zane Grey ranks 4,097 out of 5,755. Before him are Cora Sandel, Alexander Serafimovich, Ronald Knox, Friedebert Tuglas, William Hazlitt, and Einar Benediktsson. After him are Philipp Nicolai, Paul Theroux, Luis Vélez de Guevara, Juan Montalvo, Moacyr Scliar, and Claude Aveline.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Zane Grey ranks 122. Before him are Siegmund von Hausegger, Selma Rıza, Nikolai Panin, Sergei Vasilenko, Teffi, and Carl Bonde. After him are Arthur Blake, Maude Adams, Gustave Sandras, Edward Wilson, Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, and John Arthur Jarvis. Among people deceased in 1939, Zane Grey ranks 102. Before him are Hedwiga Rosenbaumová, Vladislav Khodasevich, Wojciech Korfanty, Ford Sterling, Henri Jaspar, and Kullervo Manner. After him are Platon Oyunsky, Fausto dos Santos, Frank Wild, Germán Busch, Enrique Fernández Arbós, and Władysław Raginis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zane Grey ranks 5,570 out of 18,182. Before him are Ancel Keys (1904), Stan Kenton (1911), Will Rogers (1879), Tony Accardo (1906), Ray Allen (1975), and Daniel Webster (1782). After him are Robert Towne (1934), Wendell Willkie (1892), George Calnan (1900), Paul Theroux (1941), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), and Stephen A. Douglas (1813).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Zane Grey ranks 456. Before him are Russell Kirk (1918), Ivanka Trump (1981), Thomas Friedman (1953), Mary McCarthy (1912), Marilynne Robinson (1943), and Cordwainer Smith (1913). After him are Paul Theroux (1941), Sara Teasdale (1884), Robert Leckie (1920), Lloyd Alexander (1924), David Crane (1957), and Norman Spinrad (1940).

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