1933 - 2008
Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American writer, with more than a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction and other genres. Westlake is perhaps best-remembered for creating two professional criminal characters who each starred in a long-running series: the relentless, hard-boiled Parker (published under the pen name Richard Stark), and John Dortmunder, who featured in a more humorous series.He was a three-time Edgar Award winner, and alongside Joe Gores and William L. DeAndrea was one of few writers to win Edgars in three different categories (1968, Best Novel, God Save the Mark; 1990, Best Short Story, "Too Many Crooks"; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Grifters). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald E. Westlake has received more than 407,272 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Donald E. Westlake is the 1,512th most popular writer (up from 1,619th in 2019), the 1,857th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,875th in 2019) and the 176th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Donald E. Westlake ranks 1,512 out of 5,794. Before him are Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Dominique Venner, Avianus, Joseph Joubert, Alexander Grin, and Salawat Yulayev. After him are René Char, Marilyn vos Savant, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Wolfgang Borchert, Ole Nydahl, and Natalie Clifford Barney.
1751 - 1792
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 1,506
1935 - 2013
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,507
400 - 401
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,508
1754 - 1824
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,509
1880 - 1932
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,510
1754 - 1800
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,511
1933 - 2008
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,512
1907 - 1988
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 1,513
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 1,514
1866 - 1936
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 1,515
1921 - 1947
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 1,516
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 1,517
1876 - 1972
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 1,518
Among people born in 1933, Donald E. Westlake ranks 103. Before him are Tom Skerritt, Rik Van Looy, Bata Živojinović, Ilia II of Georgia, Yuri Oganessian, and Juan Marsé. After him are The Singing Nun, Sheldon Adelson, Luis Bacalov, Elem Klimov, Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, and Wayne Shorter. Among people deceased in 2008, Donald E. Westlake ranks 66. Before him are Isaac Hayes, Joshua Lederberg, Eartha Kitt, Thomas Huckle Weller, Henri Cartan, and Dora Ratjen. After him are Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Marcial Maciel, Dorothy Vaughan, Henry Molaison, Rajko Mitić, and Cyd Charisse.
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 97
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 98
1933 - 2016
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 99
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 100
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 101
1933 - 2020
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 102
1933 - 2008
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 103
1933 - 1985
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 104
1933 - 2021
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 105
1933 - 2017
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 106
1933 - 2003
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 107
1933 - 1999
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 108
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 109
1942 - 2008
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 60
1925 - 2008
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 61
1927 - 2008
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 62
1915 - 2008
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 63
1904 - 2008
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 64
1918 - 2008
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 65
1933 - 2008
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 66
1926 - 2008
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 67
1920 - 2008
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 68
1910 - 2008
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 69
1926 - 2008
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 70
1922 - 2008
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 71
1922 - 2008
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 72
Among people born in United States, Donald E. Westlake ranks 1,857 out of 15,968. Before him are Stanley Donen (1924), Lee J. Cobb (1911), Thomas J. Watson (1874), Anastacia (1968), Sam Waterston (1940), and Diane Lane (1965). After him are Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Michael Bay (1965), Viola Davis (1965), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), and Edward B. Lewis (1918).
1924 - 2019
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,851
1911 - 1976
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,852
1874 - 1956
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,853
1968 - Present
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 1,854
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,855
1965 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,856
1933 - 2008
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,857
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,858
1965 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,859
1965 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,860
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 1,861
1922 - 1995
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 1,862
1918 - 2004
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 1,863
Among writers born in United States, Donald E. Westlake ranks 176. Before him are Nicholas Sparks (1965), Philip José Farmer (1918), Jane Jacobs (1916), Samuel R. Delany (1942), Robert Wilson (1941), and Patricia Cornwell (1956). After him are Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Cornell Woolrich (1903), Elizabeth George (1949), Robert Silverberg (1935), and John Edward Williams (1922).
1965 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 170
1918 - 2009
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 171
1916 - 2006
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 172
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 173
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 174
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 175
1933 - 2008
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 176
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 177
1876 - 1972
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 178
1903 - 1968
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 179
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 180
1935 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 181
1922 - 1994
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 182