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Alfred Gough

1967 - Today

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Alfred Gough (born August 22, 1967) is an American screenwriter, producer, writer, director, showrunner and creator. He is best known as the developer of The WB/The CW's Superman-prequel television hit series Smallville. Alongside longtime writing/producing partner Miles Millar, Gough also co-created other television programs like AMC's 2015 wuxia-influenced dystopian television series Into the Badlands, MTV's 2016 epic fantasy television series The Shannara Chronicles (based on The Sword of Shannara Trilogy book trilogy by Terry Brooks) and Netflix's Wednesday, the Tim Burton helmed Addams Family spin-off. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Gough has received more than 721,042 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Gough is the 6,933rd most popular writer (down from 6,025th in 2019), the 15,038th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,404th in 2019) and the 1,074th most popular American Writer.

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  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alfred Gough ranks 6,933 out of 7,302. Before him are William Allingham, Rupi Kaur, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jo Walton, Irshad Manji, and Meghan McCain. After him are Jeff VanderMeer, Ayu Utami, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ruth Park, Sara Shepard, and Samanta Schweblin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Alfred Gough ranks 669. Before him are Claus Christiansen, Jacek Zieliński, Sergei Tchepikov, Clare Carey, Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo, and Dragoje Leković. After him are Ramona Portwich, Kurt Elling, Cécile Nowak, Matthew J. Holman, Mona Eltahawy, and Robert S. Kimbrough.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Gough ranks 15,038 out of 20,380. Before him are Meghan McCain (1984), Eric Gordon (1988), Fife Symington (1945), Will Lee (1908), Alexis Cruz (1974), and Daniella Monet (1989). After him are Melle Mel (1961), Big Syke (1968), Pamela Gidley (1965), Jane Bryan (1918), Inez Milholland (1886), and Coco Austin (1979).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alfred Gough ranks 1,074. Before him are Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), K. A. Applegate (1956), Jenny Han (1980), Matthew Weiner (1965), Doris Kearns Goodwin (1943), and Meghan McCain (1984). After him are Jeff VanderMeer (1968), Sara Shepard (1977), Carl Hiaasen (1953), Charles Frazier (1950), Josh Schwartz (1976), and Bethany Hamilton (1990).

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