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D. C. Fontana

1939 - 2019

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Dorothy Catherine Fontana (March 25, 1939 – December 2, 2019) was an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the original Star Trek series. After a short period working for Samuel A. Peeples as a secretary, Fontana moved to work for Del Reisman, a producer on The Lieutenant, whose creator was Gene Roddenberry. Though The Lieutenant was soon cancelled, Roddenberry began working on Star Trek, and Fontana was appointed as the series' story editor, but left after the second season to pursue freelance work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of D. C. Fontana has received more than 522,156 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. D. C. Fontana is the 6,791st most popular writer (down from 6,013th in 2019), the 13,996th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,352nd in 2019) and the 1,018th most popular American Writer.

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  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, D. C. Fontana ranks 6,791 out of 7,302. Before her are Justin Cronin, Lady Gabriella Kingston, Brannon Braga, Gjekë Marinaj, Mavis Gallant, and Bryan Fuller. After her are Dave Meltzer, Philip Levine, Nikolay Abramov, Ti-Grace Atkinson, Russell T Davies, and Zoran Stefanović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, D. C. Fontana ranks 627. Before her are Jerry Butler, Bill Toomey, Bob Armstrong, Don McKinnon, John A. Russo, and Judy Grinham. After her are Betty Everett, Tom Harkin, Zelmo Beaty, Barry Cunliffe, Barry Mann, and Ben Cayetano. Among people deceased in 2019, D. C. Fontana ranks 581. Before her are John Carl Buechler, Manohar Parrikar, Robert Hunter, Sandie Jones, Viktor Manakov, and Anthoine Hubert. After her are Thad Cochran, Dorothy Masuka, Roberto Bailey, Juice Wrld, Stephanie Niznik, and John Dingell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, D. C. Fontana ranks 13,996 out of 20,380. Before her are Bryan Fuller (1969), Michael O'Shea (1906), Ayumu Murase (1988), Dustin Diamond (1977), Ben Falcone (1973), and Rivers Cuomo (1970). After her are John L. McClellan (1896), Hal Linden (1931), Marin Raykov (1960), Justine Bateman (1966), Chris Wood (1988), and Jacoby Shaddix (1976).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, D. C. Fontana ranks 1,018. Before her are Howard Gordon (1961), Sharon Olds (1942), Katharine Lee Bates (1859), Justin Cronin (1962), Brannon Braga (1965), and Bryan Fuller (1969). After her are Dave Meltzer (1959), Philip Levine (1928), Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938), Maxine Hong Kingston (1940), Deborah Harkness (1965), and Jim Butcher (1971).

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