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Damon Runyon

1880 - 1946

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Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American journalist and short-story writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from Brooklyn or Midtown Manhattan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damon Runyon has received more than 1,065,814 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Damon Runyon is the 6,355th most popular writer (down from 5,251st in 2019), the 11,586th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,296th in 2019) and the 848th most popular American Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

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  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Damon Runyon ranks 6,355 out of 7,302. Before him are Compton Mackenzie, Kim Leine, John Skelton, Mark Boal, Chris Hedges, and Shin Kyung-sook. After him are James Truslow Adams, John Scalzi, P. H. Newby, Charles Lock Eastlake, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, and Tom Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Damon Runyon ranks 224. Before him are Emma P. Carr, Joseph Stadler, Alexander Hall, Thomas Griffith Taylor, Einar Arnórsson, and Elizabeth Kenny. After him are Ernest Townsend, Charles King, Wally Kinnear, Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, Nora Bayes, and Leo Carrillo. Among people deceased in 1946, Damon Runyon ranks 224. Before him are Lionel Atwill, Florence Turner, Helen Bannerman, Florence Fuller, Edgar Syers, and Miles Mander. After him are Charles Oman, Herbert Baker, Countee Cullen, John Langalibalele Dube, Gifford Pinchot, and Noah Beery.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Damon Runyon ranks 11,586 out of 20,380. Before him are Gaylord Nelson (1916), Erik Spoelstra (1970), Warren G (1970), Daniel Bryan (1981), Robert S. Woodworth (1869), and Harold Smith (1909). After him are Edward Dillon (1879), Mitch Kupchak (1954), Bruce Weitz (1943), Samuel Osgood (1747), Clea DuVall (1977), and Penelope Spheeris (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Damon Runyon ranks 848. Before him are Arthur Kopit (1937), Elizabeth Moon (1945), Oscar Hijuelos (1951), Ann Coulter (1961), Mark Boal (1973), and Chris Hedges (1956). After him are James Truslow Adams (1878), John Scalzi (1969), Tom Wilson (1931), Edward Everett Hale (1822), John P. Marquand (1893), and S. E. Hinton (1948).

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