1963 - 2017
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.
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Among writers, Donna Williams ranks 6,061 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.23
Rank: 6,055
1944 - 2021
HPI: 37.21
Rank: 6,056
1956 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 6,057
1954 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 6,058
1958 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 6,059
1969 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 6,060
1963 - 2017
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 6,061
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.11
Rank: 6,062
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.08
Rank: 6,063
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.08
Rank: 6,064
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.08
Rank: 6,065
1940 - Present
HPI: 37.04
Rank: 6,066
1930 - 2002
HPI: 37.04
Rank: 6,067
Among people born in 1963, Donna Williams ranks 609. Before 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 563. Before 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.
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.25
Rank: 603
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 604
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.18
Rank: 605
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.16
Rank: 606
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 607
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 608
1963 - 2017
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 609
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.13
Rank: 610
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 611
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.09
Rank: 612
1963 - 2013
HPI: 37.01
Rank: 613
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.00
Rank: 614
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.00
Rank: 615
1930 - 2017
HPI: 37.43
Rank: 557
1964 - 2017
HPI: 37.40
Rank: 558
1943 - 2017
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 559
1922 - 2017
HPI: 37.32
Rank: 560
1928 - 2017
HPI: 37.32
Rank: 561
1930 - 2017
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 562
1963 - 2017
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 563
1936 - 2017
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 564
1971 - 2017
HPI: 36.98
Rank: 565
1932 - 2017
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 566
1958 - 2017
HPI: 36.86
Rank: 567
1925 - 2017
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 568
1929 - 2017
HPI: 36.60
Rank: 569
Among people born in Australia, Donna Williams ranks 397 out of 925. Before 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).
1847 - 1918
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 391
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 392
1965 - Present
HPI: 37.31
Rank: 393
1912 - 2000
HPI: 37.24
Rank: 394
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.18
Rank: 395
1949 - Present
HPI: 37.16
Rank: 396
1963 - 2017
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 397
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.14
Rank: 398
1933 - 2020
HPI: 37.03
Rank: 399
1929 - 2020
HPI: 37.02
Rank: 400
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.02
Rank: 401
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.02
Rank: 402
1997 - Present
HPI: 36.94
Rank: 403
Among writers born in Australia, Donna Williams ranks 25. Before 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).
1938 - 2012
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 19
1864 - 1941
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 20
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 21
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.41
Rank: 22
1938 - 2019
HPI: 37.92
Rank: 23
1934 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 24
1963 - 2017
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 25
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 26
1961 - Present
HPI: 35.28
Rank: 27
1955 - Present
HPI: 35.18
Rank: 28
1879 - 1954
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 29
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.02
Rank: 30
1963 - Present
HPI: 32.38
Rank: 31