1913 - 1987
Alfred Bester (December 18, 1913 – September 30, 1987) was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scriptwriter for comics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Bester has received more than 397,097 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Alfred Bester is the 1,950th most popular writer (up from 2,177th in 2019), the 2,545th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,742nd in 2019) and the 229th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Alfred Bester ranks 1,950 out of 5,755. Before him are Jean d'Ormesson, Aphrahat, Lina Kostenko, Elif Shafak, Junji Ito, and Vasyl Sukhomlynsky. After him are Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Countess of Ségur, Servius Sulpicius Rufus, Piotr Skarga, John Grinder, and C. W. Ceram.
1925 - 2017
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 1,944
280 - 346
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 1,945
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 1,946
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 1,947
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 1,948
1918 - 1970
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 1,949
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 1,950
1808 - 1890
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 1,951
1799 - 1874
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 1,952
100 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 1,953
1536 - 1612
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 1,954
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 1,955
1915 - 1972
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 1,956
Among people born in 1913, Alfred Bester ranks 104. Before him are Heinrich Bär, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, 'Abd al-Ilah, Pinetop Perkins, Masatoshi Nakayama, and Donald Maclean. After him are Wols, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Maurice Wilkes, Hélio Gracie, Yasuo Suzuki, and Philip Abelson. Among people deceased in 1987, Alfred Bester ranks 70. Before him are Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Charan Singh, Will Sampson, Tawfiq al-Hakim, Masatoshi Nakayama, and Joop den Uyl. After him are Bertrand de Jouvenel, Zeca Afonso, Danny Kaye, Morton Feldman, Henri Cochet, and Abba Kovner.
1913 - 1957
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 98
1913 - 2007
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 99
1913 - 1958
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 100
1913 - 2011
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 101
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 102
1913 - 1983
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 103
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 104
1913 - 1951
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 105
1913 - 2012
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 106
1913 - 2010
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 107
1913 - 2009
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 108
1913 - 2000
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 109
1913 - 2004
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 110
1905 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 64
1902 - 1987
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 65
1933 - 1987
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 66
1898 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 67
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 68
1919 - 1987
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 69
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 70
1903 - 1987
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 71
1929 - 1987
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 72
1911 - 1987
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 73
1926 - 1987
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 74
1901 - 1987
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 75
1918 - 1987
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 76
Among people born in United States, Alfred Bester ranks 2,545 out of 18,182. Before him are Eleanor Parker (1922), Irving Baxter (1876), Lana Del Rey (1985), Bill Nunn (1953), Melvil Dewey (1851), and Debra Winger (1955). After him are Anna May Wong (1905), Shannen Doherty (1971), Sue Lyon (1946), Joe Dante (1946), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), and Taylor Swift (1989).
1922 - 2013
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 2,539
1876 - 1957
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 2,540
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 2,541
1953 - 2016
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 2,542
1851 - 1931
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 2,543
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 2,544
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 2,545
1905 - 1961
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 2,546
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 2,547
1946 - 2019
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 2,548
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 2,549
1951 - 2002
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 2,550
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 2,551
Among writers born in United States, Alfred Bester ranks 229. Before him are Ross Macdonald (1915), Shirley Jackson (1916), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Anne Sexton (1928), Kate Millett (1934), and Tony Robbins (1960). After him are John Grinder (1940), Ed McBain (1926), Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Carl Sandburg (1878), Harlan Coben (1962), and Michael Cunningham (1952).
1915 - 1983
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 223
1916 - 1965
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 224
1815 - 1902
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 225
1928 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 226
1934 - 2017
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 227
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 228
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 229
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 230
1926 - 2005
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 231
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 232
1878 - 1967
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 233
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 234
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 235