1933 - 2023
Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American writer who authored twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western and postapocalyptic genres. His works often included graphic depictions of violence, and his writing style was characterised by a sparse use of punctuation and attribution. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists.McCarthy was born in Providence, Rhode Island, although he was raised primarily in Tennessee. In 1951, he enrolled in the University of Tennessee, but dropped out to join the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cormac McCarthy has received more than 7,209,318 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Cormac McCarthy is the 1,064th most popular writer (down from 1,039th in 2019), the 1,271st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,168th in 2019) and the 129th most popular American Writer.
Cormac McCarthy is most famous for his novels The Road, No Country for Old Men, and All the Pretty Horses.
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Among writers, Cormac McCarthy ranks 1,064 out of 5,755. Before him are Guido Cavalcanti, Robert Graves, Leonid Andreyev, Adalberon, Irwin Shaw, and Branislav Nušić. After him are Kazi Nazrul Islam, W. H. Auden, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Madeleine de Scudéry, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, and Marcel Pagnol.
1258 - 1300
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,058
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,059
1871 - 1919
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,060
947 - 1030
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,061
1913 - 1984
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 1,062
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 1,063
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,064
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 1,065
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,066
64 BC - 8
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,067
1607 - 1701
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,068
1427 - 1482
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,069
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,070
Among people born in 1933, Cormac McCarthy ranks 71. Before him are Tomislav Ivić, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Antonio Negri, Elizabeth Montgomery, David McCallum, and Mathieu Kérékou. After him are Robert Curl, John Mayall, Joan Collins, Liliana Cavani, The Singing Nun, and Jean-Claude Brialy. Among people deceased in 2023, Cormac McCarthy ranks 53. Before him are Ryuichi Sakamoto, John B. Goodenough, Antonio Negri, David McCallum, Ivan Silayev, and Astrud Gilberto. After him are Gordon Moore, Tom Wilkinson, Dick Fosbury, Karel Schwarzenberg, Renata Scotto, and Leiji Matsumoto.
1933 - 2011
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 65
1933 - 2012
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 66
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 67
1933 - 1995
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 68
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 69
1933 - 2015
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 70
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 71
1933 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 72
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 73
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 74
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 75
1933 - 1985
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 76
1933 - 2007
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 77
1952 - 2023
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 47
1922 - 2023
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 48
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 49
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 50
1930 - 2023
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 51
1940 - 2023
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 52
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 53
1929 - 2023
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 54
1948 - 2023
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 55
1947 - 2023
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 56
1937 - 2023
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 57
1934 - 2023
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 58
1938 - 2023
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 59
Among people born in United States, Cormac McCarthy ranks 1,271 out of 18,182. Before him are John Forsythe (1918), Joan Didion (1934), Dennis Rader (1945), Joseph Erlanger (1874), Irwin Shaw (1913), and Anthony Mann (1906). After him are Joseph Kosuth (1945), John Brown (1800), John Foster Dulles (1888), J. J. Cale (1938), Sam Cooke (1931), and Raymond Davis Jr. (1914).
1918 - 2010
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,265
1934 - 2021
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,266
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,267
1874 - 1965
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,268
1913 - 1984
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 1,269
1906 - 1967
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 1,270
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,271
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,272
1800 - 1859
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,273
1888 - 1959
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,274
1938 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,275
1931 - 1964
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,276
1914 - 2006
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,277
Among writers born in United States, Cormac McCarthy ranks 129. Before him are Will Durant (1885), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Fredric Brown (1906), Erskine Caldwell (1903), Joan Didion (1934), and Irwin Shaw (1913). After him are Edith Wharton (1862), Nora Roberts (1950), Harry Harrison (1925), Virginia Henderson (1897), Michael Connelly (1956), and Ken Kesey (1935).
1885 - 1981
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 123
1876 - 1972
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 124
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 125
1903 - 1987
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 126
1934 - 2021
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 127
1913 - 1984
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 128
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 129
1862 - 1937
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 130
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 131
1925 - 2012
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 132
1897 - 1996
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 133
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 134
1935 - 2001
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 135