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Alexander Vampilov

1937 - 1972

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Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov (Russian: Александр Валентинович Вампилов; 19 August 1937 – 17 August 1972) was a Soviet playwright. His play The Elder Son was first performed in 1969, and became a national success two years later. Many of his plays have been filmed or televised in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Vampilov has received more than 39,950 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Alexander Vampilov is the 4,958th most popular writer (down from 4,682nd in 2019), the 1,848th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,714th in 2019) and the 231st most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 40k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alexander Vampilovs by language

Over the past year Alexander Vampilov has had the most page views in the with 130,418 views, followed by English (4,803), and Ukrainian (973). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (88.26%), Belarusian (56.15%), and Latvian (48.45%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexander Vampilov ranks 4,958 out of 7,302. Before him are František Halas, Paula Fox, Alain Bosquet, Pat Barker, Robert Hugh Benson, and Henry Monnier. After him are Eben Alexander, Vesna Parun, Kostas Varnalis, Nestor Kukolnik, István Fekete, and Thomas Dekker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Alexander Vampilov ranks 369. Before him are Prosper Avril, Garth Hudson, Bruno Mora, Guido Vildoso, Nina Companeez, and Eric Arturo Delvalle. After him are Carmelo Bene, Héctor Facundo, Attilio Nicora, Nancy Wilson, Ferenc Kósa, and Jacques Barrot. Among people deceased in 1972, Alexander Vampilov ranks 181. Before him are Xie Fuzhi, Harold Rainsford Stark, Isak Abrahamsen, Adriaan Fokker, Edmund Wilson, and Julian Steward. After him are He Xiangning, Olavi Virta, Allauddin Khan, Américo Castro, Theodor Blank, and Boris Livanov.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Vampilov ranks 1,848 out of 3,761. Before him are Dima Bilan (1981), Alexei Mordashov (1965), Buvaisar Saitiev (1975), Anfisa Reztsova (1964), Vasily Perovsky (1795), and Olga Aroseva (1925). After him are Valeri Brainin (1948), Irina Arkhipova (1925), Nestor Kukolnik (1809), Arseny Golovko (1906), Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina (1925), and Valentin Afonin (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Alexander Vampilov ranks 231. Before him are Dmitry Glukhovsky (1979), Fyodor Abramov (1920), Andrei Bitov (1937), Boris Vasilyev (1924), Nikolai Klyuev (1884), and Zainab Biisheva (1908). After him are Nestor Kukolnik (1809), Platon Oyunsky (1893), Mark Dvoretsky (1947), Aleksey Pleshcheyev (1825), Viktoriya Tokareva (1937), and Alexander Odoevsky (1802).

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