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Cornelius Ryan

1920 - 1974

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Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish-American journalist and author known mainly for writing popular military history. He was especially known for his histories of World War II events: The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day (1959), The Last Battle (1966), and A Bridge Too Far (1974). Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, he began working as a journalist in London in 1940. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelius Ryan has received more than 275,195 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Cornelius Ryan is the 2,888th most popular writer (down from 2,812th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 118th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 280k

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  • 51.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cornelius Ryan ranks 2,888 out of 5,755. Before him are Elizabeth von Arnim, Uwe Johnson, Gérard de Villiers, Vicente Huidobro, Jan Luyken, and August Šenoa. After him are Saken Seifullin, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Paula von Preradović, Pierre Gringore, John Ford, and José Donoso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Cornelius Ryan ranks 176. Before him are Richard E. Bellman, Schubert Gambetta, Stan Ockers, Machiko Hasegawa, Josip Manolić, and Marie Tharp. After him are Lewis Gilbert, William Conrad, Milton George Henschel, José Gonzalvo, George Shultz, and Mahendra of Nepal. Among people deceased in 1974, Cornelius Ryan ranks 101. Before him are Charlotte Bühler, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Josef Krips, Yekaterina Furtseva, Vladimir Smirnov, and Jean Wahl. After him are Anfilogino Guarisi, Bernard Voorhoof, Antanas Sniečkus, Spyridon Marinatos, Earl Warren, and Silvio Moser.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Cornelius Ryan ranks 119 out of 501. Before him are Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Daniel O'Connell (1775), John Banville (1945), Richard Kirwan (1733), Paddy Moloney (1938), and James Barry (1795). After him are Liam Cunningham (1961), Peter Brown (1935), John Millington Synge (1871), Andrew Graham (1815), Dan O'Herlihy (1919), and William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Cornelius Ryan ranks 20. Before him are Christy Brown (1932), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Charles Maturin (1780), Oliver Goldsmith (1728), Patrick Pearse (1879), and John Banville (1945). After him are John Millington Synge (1871), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Brendan Behan (1923), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Edna O'Brien (1930), and Seán O'Casey (1880).

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