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David Morrell

1943 - Today

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David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel First Blood, later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 30 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Morrell has received more than 687,647 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). David Morrell is the 1,718th most popular writer (up from 2,010th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Canada (up from 119th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Morrell ranks 1,718 out of 7,302. Before him are Lucinda Riley, Hermann Bahr, Pierre Plantard, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Lewis Mumford, and Mateo Alemán. After him are Slavenka Drakulić, Marin Držić, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Luigi Pulci, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Archestratus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, David Morrell ranks 149. Before him are Ove Kindvall, Kurtwood Smith, Jan de Bont, Arturo Merzario, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, and Beba Lončar. After him are Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Roberto Boninsegna, Björn Waldegård, Tobe Hooper, Lucio Battisti, and Joan Manuel Serrat.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, David Morrell ranks 102 out of 1,622. Before him are Rudolph A. Marcus (1923), Norma Shearer (1902), Nathan Fillion (1971), Marc Ouellet (1944), Louis Slotin (1910), and Maurice Richard (1921). After him are Jacques Villeneuve (1971), Denny Doherty (1940), Justin Bieber (1994), Rachel McAdams (1978), James Randi (1928), and Jean Chrétien (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, David Morrell ranks 7. Before him are Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874), Alice Munro (1931), Margaret Atwood (1939), Saul Bellow (1915), Brian Tracy (1944), and A. E. van Vogt (1912). After him are Anne Carson (1950), Shulamith Firestone (1945), Gabrielle Roy (1909), Mazo de la Roche (1879), Louise Penny (1958), and David Shore (1959).

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