1960 - Today
David Judah Simon (born February 9, 1960) is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work on The Wire (2002–08). He worked for The Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years (1982–95), wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (1991), and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (1997) with Ed Burns. The former book was the basis for the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–99), on which Simon served as a writer and producer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Simon has received more than 2,903,669 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). David Simon is the 5,359th most popular writer (down from 4,992nd in 2019), the 8,611th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,594th in 2019) and the 678th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, David Simon ranks 5,359 out of 5,755. Before him are Latifa al-Zayyat, Claudio Williman, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Emmanuil Kazakevich, Swami Rama, and William Blum. After him are Martin Litchfield West, Mike Godwin, Thomas Brezina, John Antoine Nau, Thomas Campbell, and Piers Anthony.
1923 - 1996
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 5,353
1861 - 1934
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 5,354
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 5,355
1913 - 1962
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 5,356
1925 - 1996
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 5,357
1933 - 2018
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 5,358
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 5,359
1937 - 2015
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 5,360
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 5,361
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 5,362
1860 - 1918
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 5,363
1777 - 1844
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 5,364
1934 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 5,365
Among people born in 1960, David Simon ranks 338. Before him are Peter Hambleton, James Comey, Marko Elsner, David James Elliott, Pornsak Songsaeng, and Vyacheslav Bykov. After him are Stanley Tong, Joe Sacco, Jocelyn Pook, Anett Pötzsch, Davor Jozić, and Joachim Winkelhock.
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 332
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 333
1960 - 2020
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 334
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 335
1960 - 2021
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 336
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 337
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 338
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 339
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 340
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 341
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 342
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 343
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 344
Among people born in United States, David Simon ranks 8,611 out of 18,182. Before him are Jessica Hecht (1965), Kim Stanley (1925), Steven Bochco (1943), Stanton T. Friedman (1934), Neil Burger (2000), and William Blum (1933). After him are Kent Beck (1961), Audrey Munson (1891), William Hogenson (1884), John Michael Talbot (1954), Mike Godwin (1956), and George Kojac (1910).
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 8,605
1925 - 2001
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 8,606
1943 - 2018
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 8,607
1934 - 2019
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 8,608
2000 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,609
1933 - 2018
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,610
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,611
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,612
1891 - 1996
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,613
1884 - 1965
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,614
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 8,615
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 8,616
1910 - 1996
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 8,617
Among writers born in United States, David Simon ranks 678. Before him are Howard Ashman (1950), Philip G. Epstein (1909), John Berryman (1914), Scott Turow (1949), Jack McDevitt (1935), and William Blum (1933). After him are Mike Godwin (1956), John Antoine Nau (1860), Joe Medicine Crow (1913), Meg Cabot (1967), Steven Saylor (1956), and Helene Hanff (1916).
1950 - 1991
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 672
1909 - 1952
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 673
1914 - 1972
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 674
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 675
1935 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 676
1933 - 2018
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 677
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 678
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 679
1860 - 1918
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 680
1913 - 2016
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 681
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 682
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 683
1916 - 1997
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 684