WRITER

Alex Haley

1921 - 1992

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Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Haley has received more than 3,139,368 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Alex Haley is the 2,686th most popular writer (down from 1,863rd in 2019), the 3,393rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,413th in 2019) and the 295th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alex Haley ranks 2,686 out of 7,302. Before him are Krishna Sobti, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Petar Hektorović, Harlan Ellison, Labīd, and Jacques Collin de Plancy. After him are Jean-François de La Harpe, David Lagercrantz, Giuseppe Giacosa, Horace McCoy, Robert M. Pirsig, and William Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Alex Haley ranks 167. Before him are Heinz G. Konsalik, Luis García Berlanga, Dinko Šakić, Georges Mathieu, Andrzej Munk, and Gaston Reiff. After him are Daniel Gélin, Walter Laqueur, Silvio Gazzaniga, Wadih El Safi, Reuven Feuerstein, and Tadeusz Różewicz. Among people deceased in 1992, Alex Haley ranks 111. Before him are Hammer DeRoburt, Michel Berger, Paul Henreid, Petra Kelly, Franziska Donner, and Gaston Reiff. After him are Robert Morley, László Benedek, Mohammad Hidayatullah, Borislav Pekić, Joe Shuster, and Anthony Dawson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Haley ranks 3,393 out of 20,380. Before him are Ma Rainey (1886), George Pullman (1831), Tom Hulce (1953), Philip Kaufman (1936), Edwin Catmull (1945), and Harlan Ellison (1934). After him are Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964), Marlee Matlin (1965), Paul Castellano (1915), Seth Rollins (1986), Mick Mars (1951), and Jack Cassidy (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alex Haley ranks 295. Before him are Eric Carle (1929), Richard Bandler (1950), John Cheever (1912), William Goldman (1931), Michael Cunningham (1952), and Harlan Ellison (1934). After him are Horace McCoy (1897), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), Henry Darger (1892), Eric Roth (1945), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), and Stephenie Meyer (1973).

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