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David McCullough

1933 - 2022

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David Gaub McCullough (; July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David McCullough has received more than 2,243,821 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). David McCullough is the 6,179th most popular writer (down from 5,797th in 2019), the 10,608th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,975th in 2019) and the 787th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David McCullough ranks 6,179 out of 7,302. Before her are Philip Massinger, Paul Scott, Anthony Doerr, Jānis Akuraters, Michael Drayton, and George Saunders. After her are Maxine Kumin, George Woodcock, Maria Teresa Horta, Gillian Flynn, Albert Kivikas, and Stephen Vincent Benét.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, David McCullough ranks 489. Before her are Johannes Schaaf, Kathryn Crosby, Mark Jones, Ruzena Bajcsy, Jerry Pournelle, and Boris Tatushin. After her are Jenő Hámori, Roy Clark, Tom Price, Lloyd Price, Jeffrey Goldstone, and Ken Berry. Among people deceased in 2022, David McCullough ranks 561. Before her are Héctor Pulido, Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Adolfas Šleževičius, Bob Lanier, Nicki Aycox, and Beatrice Mintz. After her are Jürgen Heinsch, Johanna Lüttge, András Törőcsik, Ludwik Dorn, Frank O'Farrell, and Lenny Von Dohlen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David McCullough ranks 10,608 out of 20,380. Before her are George Saunders (1958), Bob Skelton (1903), Donald Piper (1911), Thora Birch (1982), Jim Starlin (1949), and Gladys Brockwell (1893). After her are Maxine Kumin (1925), Harold J. Stone (1913), Dawn Wells (1938), Roy Bittan (1949), Andrew Hill (1931), and Louis Kuehn (1901).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, David McCullough ranks 787. Before her are Charles Olson (1910), Henry Jenkins (1958), Theodore Roethke (1908), Robert Creeley (1926), Anthony Doerr (1973), and George Saunders (1958). After her are Maxine Kumin (1925), Gillian Flynn (1971), Stephen Vincent Benét (1898), Lester Bangs (1948), Amory Lovins (1947), and Mike Godwin (1956).

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