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Donna Williams

1963 - 2017

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Donna Leanne Williams, also known by her married name Donna Leanne Samuel and as Polly Samuel (born Donna Keene; 12 October 1963 – 22 April 2017), was an Australian writer, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, and sculptor. In 1965, aged two, Williams was assessed as "psychotic". During the rest of her childhood, she was tested multiple times for deafness and labelled as "disturbed". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donna Williams has received more than 155,069 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Donna Williams is the 6,061st most popular writer, the 397th most popular biography from Australia and the 25th most popular Australian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Donna Williams ranks 6,061 out of 5,755Before her are Paolo Bacigalupi, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Arvydas Juozaitis, Louis de Bernières, Vagif Sultanli, and Alexey Dreev. After her are Durs Grünbein, José Luís Peixoto, Julia Franck, Andrey Malakhov, Robert Pinsky, and Timothy Findley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Donna Williams ranks 609Before her are Brad Silberling, Ghada Amer, Lina Kačiušytė, Natalie Merchant, Susan Walters, and Pablo Berger. After her are Nadia Hasnaoui, Martín Fiz, Hardcore Holly, Chieko Honda, Péter Fülöp Kocsis, and Federico Andahazi. Among people deceased in 2017, Donna Williams ranks 563Before her are Al Lawrence, Maria Verónica Reina, Tommy Gemmell, Frank Spellman, Bruce Forsyth, and Bill Hougland. After her are Francine York, Denis Voronenkov, Robert Osborne, Sergei Mylnikov, Nat Hentoff, and Edith Windsor.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Donna Williams ranks 397 out of 925Before her are John Forrest (1847), Jessica McNamee (1986), Warren Ellis (1965), Joan Hartigan (1912), Angus McLaren (1988), and Warwick Brown (1949). After her are Monica Mayhem (1978), Zoe Caldwell (1933), John Davies (1929), Gemma Ward (1987), Michael Hester (1972), and Cody Simpson (1997).

Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Donna Williams ranks 25Before her are Robert Hughes (1938), Banjo Paterson (1864), Kate Morton (1976), Richard Flanagan (1961), Les Murray (1938), and David Malouf (1934). After her are Liane Moriarty (1966), DBC Pierre (1961), Geraldine Brooks (1955), Miles Franklin (1879), Adam Elliot (1972), and Garth Nix (1963).

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