1916 - 2010
David Brown (July 28, 1916 – February 1, 2010) was an American film and theatre producer and writer who was best known for producing the 1975 film Jaws based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Brown has received more than 130,205 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). David Brown is the 5,480th most popular writer (down from 4,727th in 2019), the 9,134th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,348th in 2019) and the 708th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, David Brown ranks 5,480 out of 5,755. Before him are Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Robert Creeley, Ksenia Sobchak, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Walter de la Mare, and Monika Maron. After him are Simo Puupponen, Iolo Morganwg, Pavao Pavličić, Karin Alvtegen, Joel Lehtonen, and Margaret Mazzantini.
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 5,474
1926 - 2005
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 5,475
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 5,476
1823 - 1901
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 5,477
1873 - 1956
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 5,478
1941 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 5,479
1916 - 2010
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 5,480
1915 - 1967
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 5,481
1747 - 1826
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 5,482
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 5,483
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 5,484
1881 - 1934
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 5,485
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 5,486
Among people born in 1916, David Brown ranks 251. Before him are Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Günther Ortmann, Roger Apéry, Helene Hanff, George Montgomery, and Gene Mako. After him are Gaylord Nelson, Frank Parker, Ruy de Freitas, Peter Geach, Richard K. Guy, and Don Keefer. Among people deceased in 2010, David Brown ranks 340. Before him are Corey Allen, Avi Cohen, Vladimir Motyl, Joe Mantell, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, and Joseph Serge Miot. After him are Franco Ballerini, Tom Mankiewicz, Alexandru Neagu, Ronald Pettersson, Kanu Sanyal, and Park Yong-ha.
1916 - 1979
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 245
1916 - 2002
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 246
1916 - 1994
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 247
1916 - 1997
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 248
1916 - 2000
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 249
1916 - 2013
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 250
1916 - 2010
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 251
1916 - 2005
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 252
1916 - 1997
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 253
1916 - 2012
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 254
1916 - 2013
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 255
1916 - 2020
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 256
1916 - 2014
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 257
1934 - 2010
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 334
1956 - 2010
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 335
1927 - 2010
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 336
1915 - 2010
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 337
1921 - 2010
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 338
1946 - 2010
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 339
1916 - 2010
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 340
1964 - 2010
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 341
1942 - 2010
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 342
1948 - 2010
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 343
1935 - 2010
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 344
1928 - 2010
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 345
1977 - 2010
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 346
Among people born in United States, David Brown ranks 9,134 out of 18,182. Before him are Walter Winchell (1897), George Hearst (1820), David Costabile (1967), John J. Sullivan (1959), Rand Paul (1963), and Marisol Nichols (1973). After him are Ann Richards (1933), Clarence Hudson White (1871), Ross Bagdasarian (1919), Gary Johnson (1953), Tina Louise (1934), and Gaylord Nelson (1916).
1897 - 1972
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,128
1820 - 1891
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,129
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,130
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 9,131
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 9,132
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 9,133
1916 - 2010
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 9,134
1933 - 2006
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 9,135
1871 - 1925
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 9,136
1919 - 1972
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 9,137
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 9,138
1934 - Present
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 9,139
1916 - 2005
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 9,140
Among writers born in United States, David Brown ranks 708. Before him are Armistead Maupin (1944), Mary Oliver (1935), Philip Agee (1935), Julia Alvarez (1950), W. S. Merwin (1927), and Robert Creeley (1926). After him are Alvah Bessie (1904), Kathryn Stockett (1969), Theodora Kroeber (1897), Tony Kushner (1956), Susan Brownmiller (1935), and Lynne Cox (1957).
1944 - Present
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 702
1935 - 2019
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 703
1935 - 2008
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 704
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 705
1927 - 2019
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 706
1926 - 2005
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 707
1916 - 2010
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 708
1904 - 1985
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 709
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 710
1897 - 1979
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 711
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 712
1935 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 713
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 714