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Horton Foote

American playwright and screenwriter

1916 - 2009

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His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Horton Foote is the 6,739th most popular writer (up from 6,758th in 2024), the 13,454th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,821st in 2019) and the 953rd most popular American Writer.

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Horton Foote's biography spans 20 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 48.94.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Horton Foote ranks 6,739 out of 7,707. Before him are Lualhati Bautista, Ralf Rothmann, Charles Stross, Denis Johnson, Hajime Kanzaka, and Wolf Haas. After him are Phyllis A. Whitney, Maja Haderlap, James Truslow Adams, Sybille Bedford, Richelle Mead, and Nat Hentoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Horton Foote ranks 312. Before him are Rochelle Hudson, Paul Emery, Mark Stevens, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Raúl Héctor Castro, and Leslie Thorne. After him are William B. Saxbe, Irene Worth, Esther Victoria Abraham, Lucille Bliss, Tony Bettenhausen, and Shobhna Samarth. Among people deceased in 2009, Horton Foote ranks 404. Before him are Billy Mays, Ernő Kolczonay, Jane Randolph, Ed McMahon, Leo Rwabwogo, and Philip Carey. After him are Stanley Middleton, Stanislav Markelov, Vladimir Turchinsky, Arnold Stang, Alastair McCorquodale, and Stephen Gately.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horton Foote ranks 13,454 out of 23,232. Before him are Rachel Levine (1957), Stu Cook (1945), Robby Benson (1956), Philip Carey (1925), Rita R. Colwell (1934), and Elizabeth Berridge (1962). After him are Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (1976), Rod La Rocque (1898), James Hall (null), Adrian Dantley (1956), Bob Boozer (1937), and James Truslow Adams (1878).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, Horton Foote ranks 953. Before him are Virginia Hamilton (1936), Stanley Kunitz (1905), Justin Cronin (1962), Michael Pollan (1955), Rebecca Yarros (1981), and Tana French (1973). After him are James Truslow Adams (1878), Richelle Mead (1976), Nat Hentoff (1925), Lionel Shriver (1957), Geoffrey A. Landis (1955), and Joe Medicine Crow (1913).

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