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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 the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David McCullough has received more than 2,104,455 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). David McCullough is the 5,819th most popular writer (down from 5,241st in 2019), the 11,000th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,252nd in 2019) and the 829th most popular American Writer.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, David McCullough ranks 5,819 out of 5,755. Before her are Henry Vaughan, Tana French, Max Hastings, William Wycherley, Carlton Cuse, and Hanan al-Shaykh. After her are John Arden, John Burroughs, H. R. F. Keating, Dan Abnett, John Patrick Shanley, and Jaime Bayly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, David McCullough ranks 455. Before her are Jeffrey Goldstone, Renato Pirocchi, Jerry Pournelle, Chris Lawrence, Sergio Renán, and Leonard Peikoff. After her are Irwin M. Jacobs, Don Young, Roy Clark, Toini Pöysti, Charles Vinci, and Bobby Smith. Among people deceased in 2022, David McCullough ranks 396. Before her are David Brenner, Georgi Yartsev, Don L. Lind, Steinar Amundsen, Bob Lanier, and Fabián O'Neill. After her are Ronnie Hawkins, Don Young, Taylor Hawkins, Werner Israel, Ilinka Mitreva, and Alexei Panshin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David McCullough ranks 11,000 out of 18,182. Before her are Rob Paulsen (1956), Alice Terry (1900), Les Claypool (1963), Martha Coolidge (1946), Nona Gaye (1974), and Jay Inslee (1951). After her are Jennifer Syme (1972), Natasha Gregson Wagner (1970), Joe Keery (1992), Russell Johnson (1924), Maribel Vinson (1911), and Gary Valentine (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, David McCullough ranks 829. Before her are Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815), Lauren Weisberger (1977), Susan Glaspell (1876), George Saunders (1958), Tillie Olsen (1912), and Tana French (1973). After her are John Burroughs (1837), John Patrick Shanley (1950), Steven S. DeKnight (1910), Frederica Sagor Maas (1900), Dave Eggers (1970), and S. E. Hinton (1948).

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