1913 - 1987
Alfred Bester (December 18, 1913 – September 30, 1987) was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Bester has received more than 311,084 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Alfred Bester is the 2,178th most popular writer (up from 2,217th in 2019), the 2,743rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,618th in 2019) and the 264th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Alfred Bester ranks 2,178 out of 5,794. Before him are Servius Sulpicius Rufus, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Inger Christensen, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, and August Derleth. After him are Alain Ducasse, Erich Fried, Walter of Châtillon, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Jeremias Gotthelf, and Jacob Cats.
100 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 2,172
301 - 301
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 2,173
1836 - 1861
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 2,174
1935 - 2009
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 2,175
1918 - 1970
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2,176
1909 - 1971
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,177
1913 - 1987
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,178
1956 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,179
1921 - 1988
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,180
1135 - 1201
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,181
1732 - 1776
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,182
1797 - 1854
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,183
1577 - 1660
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,184
Among people born in 1913, Alfred Bester ranks 115. Before him are Véra Clouzot, Stefan Heym, Waldemar de Brito, Masatoshi Nakayama, Tadao Horie, and Alfonso López Michelsen. After him are Donald Maclean, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Trevor Howard, William Tolbert, Nikolai Amosov, and Tikhon Khrennikov. Among people deceased in 1987, Alfred Bester ranks 83. Before him are Tawfiq al-Hakim, Masatoshi Nakayama, Charan Singh, Clarence Brown, Naji al-Ali, and Mary Astor. After him are Bertrand de Jouvenel, Henri Cochet, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Claudio Villa, R. Budd Dwyer, and Konstantinos Tsatsos.
1913 - 1960
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 109
1913 - 2001
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 110
1913 - 1979
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 111
1913 - 1987
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 112
1913 - 2003
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 113
1913 - 2007
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 114
1913 - 1987
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 115
1913 - 1983
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 116
1913 - 1996
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 117
1913 - 1988
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 118
1913 - 1980
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 119
1913 - 2002
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 120
1913 - 2007
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 121
1898 - 1987
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 77
1913 - 1987
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 78
1902 - 1987
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 79
1890 - 1987
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 80
1937 - 1987
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 81
1906 - 1987
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 82
1913 - 1987
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 83
1903 - 1987
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 84
1901 - 1987
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 85
1905 - 1987
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 86
1926 - 1987
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 87
1939 - 1987
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 88
1899 - 1987
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 89
Among people born in United States, Alfred Bester ranks 2,743 out of 15,968. Before him are Tina Aumont (1946), Tommy Bolin (1951), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), August Derleth (1909), Harpo Marx (1888), and Treat Williams (1951). After him are Pat Riley (1945), James J. Gibson (1904), Lois Chiles (1947), Rob Schneider (1963), Thomas F. Wilson (1959), and Kamehameha III (1814).
1946 - 2006
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,737
1951 - 1976
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,738
1901 - 1967
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,739
1909 - 1971
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,740
1888 - 1964
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,741
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,742
1913 - 1987
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,743
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,744
1904 - 1979
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 2,745
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 2,746
1963 - Present
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 2,747
1959 - Present
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 2,748
1814 - 1854
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 2,749
Among writers born in United States, Alfred Bester ranks 264. Before him are Robert Jordan (1948), Ida Tarbell (1857), Harlan Ellison (1934), Anne McCaffrey (1926), William Peter Blatty (1928), and August Derleth (1909). After him are John Barth (1930), David Eddings (1931), Fritz Leiber (1910), Leon Uris (1924), Larry Niven (1938), and S. S. Van Dine (1888).
1948 - 2007
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 258
1857 - 1944
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 259
1934 - 2018
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 260
1926 - 2011
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 261
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 262
1909 - 1971
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 263
1913 - 1987
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 264
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 265
1931 - 2009
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 266
1910 - 1992
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 267
1924 - 2003
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 268
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 269
1888 - 1939
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 270