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Craig Thomas

1971 - Today

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Craig David Thomas is an American television writer who, along with writing partner Carter Bays, has written episodes of American Dad!, Oliver Beene, Quintuplets and the hit CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which they created in 2005. In 2012 How I Met Your Mother won a People's Choice Awards. Along with Carter Bays he is a member of The Solids, who perform the theme song to How I Met Your Mother. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Craig Thomas has received more than 16,752 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Craig Thomas is the 6,200th most popular writer (down from 5,580th in 2019), the 13,377th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,605th in 2019) and the 984th most popular American Writer.

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  • 17k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Craig Thomas ranks 6,200 out of 5,755Before him are Ángeles Caso, Abdellah Taïa, Virginia Hamilton, Charles Krauthammer, Anna Burns, and Pat Cadigan. After him are Jay Asher, Junot Díaz, John Crowe Ransom, Cyril Montana, Seth Meyers, and Marian Keyes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Craig Thomas ranks 580Before him are Iván Rodríguez, David DeLuise, George Osborne, Nicolas Ouédec, Tomohiro Katanosaka, and Marina de Van. After him are Inesu Emiko Takeoka, Nicklas Kulti, Abdullah Ercan, Claude Dambury, Steffen Wesemann, and Dietmar Kühbauer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Craig Thomas ranks 13,377 out of 18,182Before him are Hal Smith (1916), Cameron Richardson (1979), Teddy Sears (1977), Sara Paxton (1988), Claire Du Brey (1892), and Andrew Yang (1975). After him are Claire Coffee (1980), Gordon MacRae (1921), Carl E. Walz (1955), Jay Asher (1975), Udonis Haslem (1980), and Sharon Leal (1972).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Craig Thomas ranks 984Before him are Peter Hedges (1962), James Merrill (1926), Jeff VanderMeer (1968), Virginia Hamilton (1936), Charles Krauthammer (1950), and Pat Cadigan (1953). After him are Jay Asher (1975), John Crowe Ransom (1888), Seth Meyers (1973), Mark Manson (1984), Oscar Hijuelos (1951), and Chris Morgan (1966).