1924 - 2013
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.
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Among writers, Donald Richie ranks 5,312 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1914 - 2008
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 5,306
1936 - 2005
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 5,307
1835 - 1874
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 5,308
1907 - 2000
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 5,309
1946 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 5,310
1894 - 1957
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 5,311
1924 - 2013
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 5,312
1766 - 1848
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 5,313
1892 - 1981
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 5,314
1876 - 1948
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 5,315
1899 - 1980
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 5,316
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 5,317
1905 - 2000
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 5,318
Among people born in 1924, Donald Richie ranks 371. Before 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 368. Before 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.
1924 - 2016
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 365
1924 - 2018
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 366
1924 - 1988
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 367
1924 - 2021
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 368
1924 - 2001
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 369
1924 - 2013
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 370
1924 - 2013
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 371
1924 - 1996
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 372
1924 - 1998
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 373
1924 - 2002
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 374
1924 - 1981
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 375
1924 - 2007
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 376
1924 - 1995
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 377
1931 - 2013
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 362
1962 - 2013
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 363
1940 - 2013
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 364
1924 - 2013
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 365
1943 - 2013
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 366
1934 - 2013
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 367
1924 - 2013
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 368
1934 - 2013
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 369
1952 - 2013
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 370
1957 - 2013
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 371
1927 - 2013
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 372
1919 - 2013
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 373
1916 - 2013
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 374
Among people born in United States, Donald Richie ranks 8,480 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1915 - 2006
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 8,474
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 8,475
1814 - 1881
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 8,476
1880 - 1925
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 8,477
1912 - 2008
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 8,478
1946 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 8,479
1924 - 2013
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 8,480
1884 - 1971
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 8,481
1879 - 1933
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 8,482
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 8,483
1903 - 1990
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 8,484
1964 - Present
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 8,485
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 8,486
Among writers born in United States, Donald Richie ranks 666. Before 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).
1880 - 1946
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 660
1968 - 2004
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 661
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 662
1884 - 1980
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 663
1940 - Present
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 664
1946 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 665
1924 - 2013
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 666
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 667
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 668
1938 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 669
1927 - 2014
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 670
1950 - 2009
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 671
1950 - 1991
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 672