WRITER

Bo Goldman

1932 - 2023

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Bo Goldman (born Robert Spencer Goldman; September 10, 1932 – July 25, 2023) was an American screenwriter and playwright. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. He also received two BAFTA Award nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bo Goldman has received more than 288,112 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bo Goldman is the 4,701st most popular writer (up from 4,963rd in 2019), the 6,373rd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,376th in 2019) and the 511th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Melvin and Howard (The Script Publishing Project)
2000
Shoot the Moon
2001
Shoot the Moon (The Script Publishing Project)
2000
The scent of a woman
1991
Melvin and Howard
Drama
Based on a supposedly true story, hard-luck milkman Melvin Dummar picks up a bum in the Nevada desert. The old man claims to be Howard Hughes and eight years later, Dummar finds himself a beneficiary in the Hughes will. Dummar becomes an instant celebrity while trying to cash in on the fortune.
1999
Melvin and Howard
2001

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bo Goldman ranks 4,701 out of 7,302. Before him are Vera Panova, Edward Thomas, George du Maurier, Knud Knudsen, Patrik Ouředník, and Jonathan Carroll. After him are John Mawe, Helene Hanff, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Emma Andijewska, Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, and Ahmet Mithat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Bo Goldman ranks 313. Before him are Eddy Wally, Carlyle Glean, Lola Beltrán, Alfonso Arau, Paul Anderson, and Masten Gregory. After him are Robert B. Parker, Jay Miner, Anatoly Roshchin, Lyudvig Chibirov, Vasili Kuznetsov, and József Csermák. Among people deceased in 2023, Bo Goldman ranks 414. Before him are Pedro Solbes, Paweł Huelle, Albert Eschenmoser, José María Gil-Robles, Michael Lerner, and Melinda Dillon. After him are Gil de Ferran, Charlie Dominici, Peter-Michael Kolbe, Moonbin, Bram Moolenaar, and Barry Humphries.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bo Goldman ranks 6,373 out of 20,380. Before him are Patti Scialfa (1953), Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), Lexington Steele (1969), George Murdock (1897), Jonathan Carroll (1949), and Melinda Dillon (1939). After him are Mother Angelica (1923), Louis Calhern (1895), Edwin Stanton (1814), Corbin Bleu (1989), Helene Hanff (1916), and Joseph Sargent (1925).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Bo Goldman ranks 511. Before him are Nicholas Meyer (1945), Eudora Welty (1909), Tobias Wolff (1945), Louis Bromfield (1896), Mary McCarthy (1912), and Jonathan Carroll (1949). After him are Helene Hanff (1916), Shel Silverstein (1930), Saul Alinsky (1909), Robert B. Parker (1932), Cordwainer Smith (1913), and Rod Serling (1924).

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