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Alvah Bessie

1904 - 1985

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Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the movie studios for being one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alvah Bessie has received more than 181,636 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alvah Bessie is the 5,488th most popular writer (down from 4,853rd in 2019), the 9,158th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,836th in 2019) and the 709th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alvah Bessie ranks 5,488 out of 5,755. Before her are Iolo Morganwg, Pavao Pavličić, Karin Alvtegen, Joel Lehtonen, Margaret Mazzantini, and René Benjamin. After her are Alfredo Panzini, Kathryn Stockett, Theodora Kroeber, Mikhail Shishkin, Tony Kushner, and Jacques de Lacretelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Alvah Bessie ranks 283. Before her are Alexander Afinogenov, Doris Eaton Travis, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Christian Møller, Raphael Tracey, and Sabin Carr. After her are Carmelo Camet, Louise Lorraine, Elvio Banchero, Hans Lewy, Antonio Janni, and Patsy Ruth Miller. Among people deceased in 1985, Alvah Bessie ranks 222. Before her are Robert Surtees, Isabel Jeans, C. B. van Niel, Nicholas Colasanto, Olav Sunde, and Nelson Riddle. After her are Jacques de Lacretelle, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Fredy Perlman, Tom Richards, Dan White, and Milton H. Greene.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alvah Bessie ranks 9,158 out of 18,182. Before her are Commodore Cochran (1902), Stipe Miocic (1982), Mary Philbin (1902), Cleve Moler (1939), Bob Gibson (1935), and Avril Haines (1969). After her are Mildred Cohn (1913), Kathryn Stockett (1969), Neil Abercrombie (1938), Sally Struthers (1947), Theodora Kroeber (1897), and Jim Risch (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alvah Bessie ranks 709. Before her are Mary Oliver (1935), Philip Agee (1935), Julia Alvarez (1950), W. S. Merwin (1927), Robert Creeley (1926), and David Brown (1916). After her are Kathryn Stockett (1969), Theodora Kroeber (1897), Tony Kushner (1956), Susan Brownmiller (1935), Lynne Cox (1957), and Robert Coover (1932).

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