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Algis Budrys

1931 - 2008

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Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome in collaboration with Jerome Bixby, John A. Sentry, William Scarff and Paul Janvier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Algis Budrys has received more than 227,670 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Algis Budrys is the 5,460th most popular writer (up from 5,574th in 2019), the 2,066th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,087th in 2019) and the 252nd most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Algis Budrys ranks 5,460 out of 7,302. Before him are Jorge de Sena, Fedde Schurer, Richard Scarry, Jeffrey Eugenides, Per Wästberg, and Petras Cvirka. After him are Théodore Aubanel, Uladzimir Nyaklyayew, John Marston, Eugenio Montejo, Jakub Arbes, and Patricia Wrightson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Algis Budrys ranks 451. Before him are Alena Vrzáňová, D. J. Fontana, Mirja Hietamies, Karan Singh, Antonio Gamoneda, and Szeto Wah. After him are Michael Fisher, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Anton Moravčík, Christopher George, Chiharu Igaya, and Alfred W. Crosby. Among people deceased in 2008, Algis Budrys ranks 277. Before him are Judah Folkman, Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Neal Hefti, Mira Alečković, Ola Brunkert, and Gabriel París Gordillo. After him are Eugenio Montejo, Jimmy Giuffre, Gennadi Volnov, Rudolf Illovszky, Brad Renfro, and Peter Poreku Dery.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Algis Budrys ranks 2,066 out of 3,761. Before him are Yelena Davydova (1961), Nikolai Aseev (1889), Andrey Zaliznyak (1935), Oxana Fedorova (1977), Andrey Belousov (1959), and Valeri Vasiliev (1949). After him are Dimitri Arakishvili (1873), Klavdiya Boyarskikh (1939), Andrei Panin (1962), Aksel Berg (1893), Ivan Petrovsky (1901), and Anton Yelchin (1989).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Algis Budrys ranks 252. Before him are Vikenty Veresaev (1867), Ksenia Sobchak (1981), Abdulla Aliş (1908), Yuri Nagibin (1920), Pentti Saarikoski (1937), and Nikolai Aseev (1889). After him are Lev Kassil (1905), Vladislav Krapivin (1938), Evgeny Sveshnikov (1950), Ğäliäsğar Kamal (1879), Vladimir Bogomolov (1924), and Alexander Amfiteatrov (1862).

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