WRITER

Aaron Sorkin

1961 - Today

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Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. Born in New York City, he developed a passion for writing at an early age. As a writer for stage, television, and film, Sorkin is recognized for his trademark fast-paced dialogue and extended monologues, complemented by frequent use of the storytelling technique called the "walk and talk". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aaron Sorkin has received more than 8,691,886 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Aaron Sorkin is the 4,737th most popular writer (down from 3,809th in 2019), the 6,441st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,119th in 2019) and the 519th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The American president
1994
The West Wing Script Book
West Wing (Television program)
2002
The West Wing Seasons 3 & 4: The Shooting Scripts
2004
The West Wing Seasons 3 & 4
2004
A few good men
1989
The West Wing
West Wing (Television program)
2003

Page views of Aaron Sorkins by language

Over the past year Aaron Sorkin has had the most page views in the with 923,527 views, followed by Spanish (28,592), and Russian (28,344). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cantonese (100.00%), Malagasy (69.80%), and Serbian (68.34%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aaron Sorkin ranks 4,737 out of 7,302. Before him are Andrei Bitov, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Michel-Jean Sedaine, Rosa Mayreder, Damon Knight, and Hedwig Courths-Mahler. After him are E. L. James, Hanna Krall, Jean Cau, Dharamvir Bharati, José María Heredia y Heredia, and Henri Bosco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Aaron Sorkin ranks 227. Before him are Claude Puel, Oh Se-hoon, Kassim Majaliwa, Alison Moyet, Bob Dadae, and Bram Moolenaar. After him are Samantha Bond, Yuri Malenchenko, Lawrence Lessig, Eric Chu, Brian Orser, and José Luis Cuciuffo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Aaron Sorkin ranks 6,441 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Bolden (1946), Audrey Munson (1891), Walt Frazier (1945), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), Virginia Hall (1906), and Roscoe Lockwood (1875). After him are William Dwight Whitney (1827), Earl Tupper (1907), Preston Sturges (1898), Charles Stark Draper (1901), Robert Preston (1918), and James Jamerson (1936).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Aaron Sorkin ranks 519. Before him are Shel Silverstein (1930), Saul Alinsky (1909), Robert B. Parker (1932), Cordwainer Smith (1913), Rod Serling (1924), and Damon Knight (1922). After him are Jacqueline Susann (1918), James Salter (1925), Robert Ettinger (1918), Sue Grafton (1940), R. J. Palacio (1963), and Susan Brownmiller (1935).

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