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David Hare

1947 - Today

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Sir David Rippon Hare (born 5 June 1947) is an English playwright, screenwriter and theatre director. Best known for his stage work, Hare has also enjoyed great success with films, receiving two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for writing The Hours in 2002 and The Reader in 2008. In the West End, he had his greatest success with the plays Plenty (1978), which he adapted into a 1985 film starring Meryl Streep, Racing Demon (1990), Skylight (1997), and Amy's View (1998). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Hare has received more than 40,236 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). David Hare is the 6,736th most popular writer (down from 6,023rd in 2019), the 6,196th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,593rd in 2019) and the 697th most popular British Writer.

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  • 40k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Hare ranks 6,736 out of 7,302. Before him are Mark Z. Danielewski, Ken Levine, Robert Hunter, Marina Nemat, Katherine Schwarzenegger, and Sherin Khankan. After him are Padraic Colum, Alison Weir, Khady Sylla, Durs Grünbein, Jane Taylor, and Virginia Hamilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, David Hare ranks 839. Before him are Deidre Hall, Marit Nybakk, Keith Devlin, Carlos Ezquerra, Lawrence Wright, and Andrew Parrott. After him are Carol Moseley Braun, Steve Heighway, Bruce Rioch, Jon Corzine, Gary Herbert, and James K. Morrow.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Hare ranks 6,196 out of 8,785. Before him are Howard Wilkinson (1943), Bobby Johnstone (1929), Sarah Lancashire (1964), Amanda Donohoe (1962), Alex Greenwood (1993), and Jimmy Hill (1928). After him are Laurie Hughes (1924), Helen Baxendale (1970), Tim Parnell (1932), Aaron Lennon (1987), Paul McGillion (1969), and Victoria Hamilton (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, David Hare ranks 697. Before him are James Kelman (1946), Clemence Dane (1888), Thomas Shadwell (1642), Nicholas Monsarrat (1910), Elizabeth Carter (1717), and Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802). After him are Alison Weir (1951), Jane Taylor (1783), Maggie O'Farrell (1972), George Etherege (1635), Stanley Middleton (1919), and Charley Boorman (1966).

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