WRITER

David Gerrold

1944 - Today

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David Gerrold (born Jerrold David Friedman; January 24, 1944) is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Gerrold has received more than 362,029 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. David Gerrold is the 6,587th most popular writer (down from 5,741st in 2019), the 12,845th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,679th in 2019) and the 935th most popular American Writer.

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  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Gerrold ranks 6,587 out of 7,302Before him are Grant Morrison, Mitch Albom, Colley Cibber, Arnon Grunberg, Karen Joy Fowler, and MacKinlay Kantor. After him are Sophie Hannah, Sabina Berman, Kerry Kennedy, Ramon Solsona i Sancho, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, and Zlata Filipović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, David Gerrold ranks 707Before him are Neil Young, Nicolas Chumachenco, Jan Brewer, Cathy Lee Crosby, Celeste Yarnall, and Richard A. Muller. After him are Johnny Isakson, Krystyna Kuperberg, David Hemery, Bernie Worrell, Julia Phillips, and Roberto Hodge.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Gerrold ranks 12,845 out of 20,380Before him are Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926), Bob Wills (1905), Frank Kameny (1925), Brian Boitano (1963), MacKinlay Kantor (1904), and Molly Quinn (1993). After him are Monica Barbaro (1990), Ruth Asawa (1926), Chris Frantz (1951), Cynthia Lummis (1954), Nanette Fabray (1920), and Bill Tuttle (1882).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, David Gerrold ranks 935Before him are Terence Winter (1960), M. H. Abrams (1912), Vin Scully (1927), Mitch Albom (1958), Karen Joy Fowler (1950), and MacKinlay Kantor (1904). After him are Kerry Kennedy (1959), Hugh Howey (1975), Joseph Wambaugh (1937), Steven S. DeKnight (1910), Paul Dini (1957), and Sarah Josepha Hale (1788).