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Chaim Potok

1929 - 2002

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Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 – July 23, 2002) was an American author, novelist, playwright, editor and rabbi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chaim Potok has received more than 465,300 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Chaim Potok is the 4,341st most popular writer (down from 3,673rd in 2019), the 6,010th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,905th in 2019) and the 487th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chaim Potok ranks 4,341 out of 5,755. Before him are Yuri Bondarev, Polydore Vergil, Bob Shaw, Mirjam Pressler, Kamala Surayya, and Vittorio Messori. After him are John Mawe, Richard Steele, Isaac Watts, Manuel Bandeira, César Aira, and Dimitrija Demeter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Chaim Potok ranks 319. Before him are Rudi Glöckner, Francesco Marchisano, Rajkumar, Jacques Plante, Walter Kempowski, and Vyacheslav Ivanov. After him are Klara Rumyanova, Héctor Alterio, Dilara Aliyeva, Henry E. Holt, Duje Bonačić, and Nusrat Bhutto. Among people deceased in 2002, Chaim Potok ranks 193. Before him are Peter R. Hunt, Frances Ames, Milton Berle, Zaid ibn Shaker, Raoul Diagne, and Arne Selmosson. After him are Tore Svensson, Alexandru Todea, Regīna Ezera, Luise Rinser, George Nader, and Jean Dockx.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chaim Potok ranks 6,010 out of 18,182. Before him are Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), Joan Feynman (1927), Rachel Bilson (1981), Larry Fine (1902), and Saoirse Ronan (1994). After him are Lynn Conway (1938), Joe Lando (1961), Bob Sapp (1973), Morris Louis (1912), Estelle Parsons (1927), and Dave Alexander (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Chaim Potok ranks 487. Before him are Sidney Howard (1891), James Blish (1921), Greg Bear (1951), Elizabeth Strout (1956), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), and R. J. Palacio (1963). After him are Jonathan Carroll (1949), Carrie Nation (1846), Edmund Wilson (1895), Chris Van Allsburg (1949), Tabitha King (1949), and Candy Barr (1935).

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