1939 - 2019
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. She later worked with Roddenberry again on Genesis II and then as story editor and associate producer on Star Trek: The Animated Series. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of D. C. Fontana has received more than 483,689 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). D. C. Fontana is the 6,037th most popular writer (down from 5,437th in 2019), the 12,380th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,624th in 2019) and the 917th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, D. C. Fontana ranks 6,037 out of 5,755. Before her are Éric Vuillard, Martin Österdahl, Tom Lanoye, Maxine Hong Kingston, Éliette Abécassis, and Ann Leckie. After her are Sjón, Juli Zeh, Cory Doctorow, Peter Schiff, Terence Winter, and Frederick Denison Maurice.
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 6,031
1973 - Present
HPI: 37.47
Rank: 6,032
1958 - Present
HPI: 37.47
Rank: 6,033
1940 - Present
HPI: 37.47
Rank: 6,034
1969 - Present
HPI: 37.43
Rank: 6,035
1966 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 6,036
1939 - 2019
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 6,037
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 6,038
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 6,039
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 6,040
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 6,041
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 6,042
1805 - 1872
HPI: 37.35
Rank: 6,043
Among people born in 1939, D. C. Fontana ranks 531. Before her are Ayi Kwei Armah, Bill Mulliken, Peter Goldreich, Eddie Kendricks, Lino Brocka, and Dorothy Shirley. After her are Zelmo Beaty, Fernando Poe Jr., Leon Brittan, Barry Mann, Jim Baxter, and John H. Sununu. Among people deceased in 2019, D. C. Fontana ranks 515. Before her are Peter McNamara, Phil Masinga, Les Murray, Fay McKenzie, Susan Bernard, and Lina Cheryazova. After her are James Frawley, Robert Ouko, Juice Wrld, Ted Burgin, Kathleen Blanco, and Mike Troy.
1939 - Present
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 525
1939 - 2014
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 526
1939 - Present
HPI: 37.80
Rank: 527
1939 - 1992
HPI: 37.70
Rank: 528
1939 - 1991
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 529
1939 - Present
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 530
1939 - 2019
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 531
1939 - 2013
HPI: 37.30
Rank: 532
1939 - 2004
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 533
1939 - 2015
HPI: 36.86
Rank: 534
1939 - Present
HPI: 36.61
Rank: 535
1939 - 2001
HPI: 36.48
Rank: 536
1939 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 537
1955 - 2019
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 509
1969 - 2019
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 510
1938 - 2019
HPI: 37.92
Rank: 511
1918 - 2019
HPI: 37.85
Rank: 512
1948 - 2019
HPI: 37.76
Rank: 513
1968 - 2019
HPI: 37.54
Rank: 514
1939 - 2019
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 515
1936 - 2019
HPI: 37.34
Rank: 516
1948 - 2019
HPI: 37.31
Rank: 517
1998 - 2019
HPI: 37.29
Rank: 518
1927 - 2019
HPI: 37.12
Rank: 519
1942 - 2019
HPI: 36.99
Rank: 520
1940 - 2019
HPI: 36.99
Rank: 521
Among people born in United States, D. C. Fontana ranks 12,380 out of 18,182. Before her are Barbara Lee (1946), Gary Herbert (1947), Laura Harrier (1990), Matt Walsh (1964), Diedrich Bader (1966), and Ann Leckie (1966). After her are Dash Mihok (1974), Erin Daniels (1973), Joan Blackman (1938), Andrew Dice Clay (1957), Alexander Acosta (1969), and Franklin Graham (1952).
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 12,374
1947 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 12,375
1990 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 12,376
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 12,377
1966 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 12,378
1966 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 12,379
1939 - 2019
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 12,380
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.40
Rank: 12,381
1973 - Present
HPI: 37.40
Rank: 12,382
1938 - Present
HPI: 37.40
Rank: 12,383
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 12,384
1969 - Present
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 12,385
1952 - Present
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 12,386
Among writers born in United States, D. C. Fontana ranks 917. Before her are Al Jean (1961), Ronald D. Moore (1964), Paul Attanasio (1959), Bayard Taylor (1825), Maxine Hong Kingston (1940), and Ann Leckie (1966). After her are Peter Schiff (1963), Terence Winter (1960), Karen Joy Fowler (1950), William Safire (1929), Alfred Gough (1967), and Paolo Bacigalupi (1972).
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.54
Rank: 911
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.51
Rank: 912
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 913
1825 - 1878
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 914
1940 - Present
HPI: 37.47
Rank: 915
1966 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 916
1939 - 2019
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 917
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 918
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 919
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.32
Rank: 920
1929 - 2009
HPI: 37.31
Rank: 921
1967 - Present
HPI: 37.30
Rank: 922
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.23
Rank: 923