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Cormac McCarthy

1933 - 2023

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Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, postapocalyptic, and Southern Gothic genres. His works often include graphic depictions of violence, and his writing style is characterised by a sparse use of punctuation and attribution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cormac McCarthy has received more than 8,347,285 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Cormac McCarthy is the 888th most popular writer (up from 1,062nd in 2019), the 985th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,271st in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Writer.

Cormac McCarthy is most famous for his novels The Road, No Country for Old Men, and All the Pretty Horses.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cormac McCarthy ranks 888 out of 7,302. Before him are Joseph Campbell, Theodoret, Fatema Mernissi, Marko Marulić, Jorge Semprún, and Marilyn vos Savant. After him are Julien Green, Silius Italicus, Kobayashi Issa, Hans Fallada, Tukaram, and Ben Jonson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Cormac McCarthy ranks 57. Before him are Stanley Milgram, Edward de Bono, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bobby Robson, Wilbur Smith, and Ilia II of Georgia. After him are Yevgeny Yevtushenko, John Gurdon, Tomislav Ivić, Philip Zimbardo, Mathieu Kérékou, and Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud. Among people deceased in 2023, Cormac McCarthy ranks 66. Before him are Mark Margolis, Astrud Gilberto, Dubravka Ugrešić, Alain Touraine, Gianluca Vialli, and Harry Markowitz. After him are Tony Bennett, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Gordon Moore, Mary Quant, Elliott Erwitt, and Roger Whittaker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cormac McCarthy ranks 985 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Dreyfuss (1947), Jonathan Demme (1944), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Queen Noor of Jordan (1951), Tippi Hedren (1930), and Harry Markowitz (1927). After him are Matt Groening (1954), Nat Turner (1800), Martha Graham (1894), Éamon de Valera (1882), James Tobin (1918), and Frances Marion (1888).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Cormac McCarthy ranks 93. Before him are Neale Donald Walsch (1943), John Fante (1909), Ambrose Bierce (1842), Dashiell Hammett (1894), Joseph Campbell (1904), and Marilyn vos Savant (1946). After him are Daniel Goleman (1946), Roger Zelazny (1937), Sherwood Anderson (1876), L. Ron Hubbard (1911), Walter Lippmann (1889), and Thomas Wolfe (1900).

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