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Art Buchwald

1925 - 2007

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Arthur Buchwald (BUK-wahld; October 20, 1925 – January 17, 2007) was an American humorist best known for his column in The Washington Post. At the height of his popularity, it was published nationwide as a syndicated column in more than 500 newspapers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Art Buchwald has received more than 430,614 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Art Buchwald is the 4,730th most popular writer (down from 4,179th in 2019), the 6,845th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,872nd in 2019) and the 549th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Art Buchwald ranks 4,730 out of 5,755Before him are Wilferd Madelung, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Richard Scarry, Reginald Rose, and Jean-Christophe Rufin. After him are Aneirin, Henri Bosco, Stephen Hunter, Larry McMurtry, Ælfric of Eynsham, and Richard Pococke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Art Buchwald ranks 341Before him are Armand Razafindratandra, Bernardo Ruiz, José Beyaert, John Fiedler, Fernando Birri, and Gustav Winckler. After him are John Baptist Wu, Bruce Kirby, Mary F. Lyon, Vladimir Shainsky, Shrilal Shukla, and Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas. Among people deceased in 2007, Art Buchwald ranks 252Before him are Karen Spärck Jones, Beverly Sills, Helmut Senekowitsch, Anita Roddick, Kei Kumai, and Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi. After him are Édouard Gagnon, Joseíto, John Gardner, Katsuko Saruhashi, John P. Ryan, and Noël Milarew Odingar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Art Buchwald ranks 6,845 out of 18,182Before him are Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950), Jonelle Allen (1944), Mary Martin (1913), Dave Cowens (1948), Giuseppe Enrici (1896), and Gary Lockwood (1937). After him are John Schneider (1960), Rebecca Miller (1962), Alan Hovhaness (1911), Stephen Hunter (1946), Randy Johnson (1963), and Larry McMurtry (1936).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Art Buchwald ranks 549Before him are David Peoples (1940), Julia Ward Howe (1819), Daniel Pearl (1963), Joanna Russ (1937), Richard Scarry (1919), and Reginald Rose (1920). After him are Stephen Hunter (1946), Larry McMurtry (1936), Mark Frost (1953), Anna Katharine Green (1846), Jacqueline Susann (1918), and Michael Lewis (1960).