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Donald Richie

1924 - 2013

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Donald Richie (April 17, 1924 – February 19, 2013) was an American-born author who wrote about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Richie has received more than 148,653 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Richie is the 5,312th most popular writer (down from 4,723rd in 2019), the 8,480th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,338th in 2019) and the 666th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

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  • 43.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Donald Richie ranks 5,312 out of 5,755Before him are Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Vítězslav Hálek, Jules Roy, Eric Van Lustbader, and Roger Vercel. After him are Isaac D'Israeli, David Garnett, Thomas Mofolo, Louis Guilloux, Michael Swanwick, and Anthony Powell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Donald Richie ranks 371Before him are Silvano Piovanelli, Roy Bentley, Jackie Milburn, Budge Patty, Carroll O'Connor, and Bill Smith. After him are Mark Lenard, James Lighthill, Lev Kulidzhanov, Sam Jones, Claude Netter, and Maino Neri. Among people deceased in 2013, Donald Richie ranks 368Before him are Mirja Hietamies, Andrei Panin, Luis Ubiña, Bill Smith, James Herbert, and Nobuyuki Aihara. After him are Alberto Bevilacqua, Santiago Santamaría, Diomedes Díaz, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, George E. P. Box, and Gene Mako.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Richie ranks 8,480 out of 18,182Before him are Barnard Hughes (1915), James Comey (1960), John C. Pemberton (1814), Christy Mathewson (1880), Bill Miller (1912), and Eric Van Lustbader (1946). After him are Stuart Holmes (1884), Edward Dillon (1879), Laila Ali (1977), Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), Cedric the Entertainer (1964), and Rick Carlisle (1959).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Donald Richie ranks 666Before him are Damon Runyon (1880), Iris Chang (1968), David Benioff (1970), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Edmund White (1940), and Eric Van Lustbader (1946). After him are Michael Swanwick (1950), Brad Falchuk (1971), Judy Blume (1938), Peter Matthiessen (1927), Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), and Howard Ashman (1950).