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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, based on the novel written by Michael Cunningham, and The Reader in 2008, based on the novel of the same name written by Bernhard Schlink. 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 38,655 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. David Hare is the 6,047th most popular writer (down from 5,392nd in 2019), the 5,606th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,049th in 2019) and the 627th most popular British Writer.

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  • 39k

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  • 37.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Hare ranks 6,047 out of 5,755. Before him are Peter Schiff, Terence Winter, Frederick Denison Maurice, Tõnu Õnnepalu, Karen Joy Fowler, and William Safire. After him are Wolf Blitzer, Alfred Gough, Nagaru Tanigawa, Paweł Huelle, Nikolay Abramov, and Paolo Giordano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, David Hare ranks 742. Before him are Wings Hauser, Rita Wilden, Sonny Carter, P. A. Sangma, Gary Herbert, and Bruce Rioch. After him are Kailash Purryag, Carlos Ezquerra, Mark Dayton, Dana Rohrabacher, Archie Gemmill, and John Johnson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Hare ranks 5,606 out of 7,765. Before him are Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), Magda Szubanski (1961), Bruce Rioch (1947), John Bradley (1988), Nick Moran (1969), and Bruce Forsyth (1928). After him are Hallucinogen (1971), Paul McGillion (1969), Ronnie Barker (1929), Tom Robinson (1950), Alan Minter (1951), and Max Sciandri (1967).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, David Hare ranks 627. Before him are Dinah Craik (1826), Conn Iggulden (1971), John Lydgate (1370), Grant Morrison (1960), P. H. Newby (1918), and Frederick Denison Maurice (1805). After him are Louis de Bernières (1954), Alfred Austin (1835), Thomas Shadwell (1642), Nina Bawden (1925), Clemence Dane (1888), and Charles Stross (1964).

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