1931 - 2015
Edgar Lawrence Doctorow (January 6, 1931 – July 21, 2015) was an American novelist, editor, and professor, best known for his works of historical fiction. He wrote twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction and a stage drama, including the award-winning novels Ragtime (1975), Billy Bathgate (1989), and The March (2005). These, like many of his other works, placed fictional characters in recognizable historical contexts, with known historical figures, and often used different narrative styles. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. L. Doctorow has received more than 907,621 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. E. L. Doctorow is the 2,587th most popular writer (down from 2,339th in 2019), the 3,369th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,956th in 2019) and the 300th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, E. L. Doctorow ranks 2,587 out of 5,755. Before him are Đura Jakšić, John Moschus, Gustave Kahn, Sulpicia, Gregory Corso, and Marlen Haushofer. After him are Robert M. Parker Jr., Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani, Al-Farazdaq, Mariana Alcoforado, Seichō Matsumoto, and Guan Hanqing.
1832 - 1878
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 2,581
550 - 619
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 2,582
1859 - 1936
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 2,583
100 BC - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 2,584
1930 - 2001
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 2,585
1920 - 1970
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 2,586
1931 - 2015
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 2,587
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,588
967 - 1007
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,589
641 - 728
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 2,590
1640 - 1723
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 2,591
1909 - 1992
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 2,592
1210 - 1280
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 2,593
Among people born in 1931, E. L. Doctorow ranks 180. Before him are Carmen Dell'Orefice, Takashi Mizuno, Mwai Kibaki, Krzysztof Komeda, Lucian Mureșan, and Takashi Ono. After him are Dan Gurney, Adriana Asti, Chuck Feeney, Tommy Lapid, Franco Interlenghi, and Rubens de Falco. Among people deceased in 2015, E. L. Doctorow ranks 133. Before him are James Aldridge, Wim Ruska, Diana Douglas, Frances Oldham Kelsey, Doris Hart, and Moses Malone. After him are Phil Taylor, André Glucksmann, Jørgen Ingmann, Halldór Ásgrímsson, Franco Interlenghi, and Carl Djerassi.
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 174
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 175
1931 - 2022
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 176
1931 - 1969
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 177
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 178
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 179
1931 - 2015
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 180
1931 - 2018
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 181
1931 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 182
1931 - 2023
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 183
1931 - 2008
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 184
1931 - 2015
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 185
1931 - 2008
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 186
1918 - 2015
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 127
1940 - 2015
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 128
1923 - 2015
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 129
1914 - 2015
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 130
1925 - 2015
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 131
1955 - 2015
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 132
1931 - 2015
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 133
1954 - 2015
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 134
1937 - 2015
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 135
1925 - 2015
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 136
1947 - 2015
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 137
1931 - 2015
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 138
1923 - 2015
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 139
Among people born in United States, E. L. Doctorow ranks 3,369 out of 18,182. Before him are Kate Hudson (1979), Charles J. Guiteau (1841), Gregory Corso (1930), Don Bluth (1937), Golden State Killer (1945), and John Amos (1939). After him are Milton L. Humason (1891), Robert Foxworth (1941), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Russell Means (1939), Eddie Albert (1906), and Smokey Robinson (1940).
1979 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 3,363
1841 - 1882
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 3,364
1930 - 2001
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 3,365
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 3,366
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 3,367
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 3,368
1931 - 2015
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 3,369
1891 - 1972
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 3,370
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 3,371
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 3,372
1939 - 2012
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 3,373
1906 - 2005
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 3,374
1940 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 3,375
Among writers born in United States, E. L. Doctorow ranks 300. Before him are Budd Schulberg (1914), Shere Hite (1942), Harlan Ellison (1934), Harold Robbins (1916), Horace McCoy (1897), and Gregory Corso (1930). After him are Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Lois Lowry (1937), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Elmore Leonard (1925), Robert Penn Warren (1905), and Charlie Kaufman (1958).
1914 - 2009
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 294
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 295
1934 - 2018
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 296
1916 - 1997
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 297
1897 - 1955
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 298
1930 - 2001
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 299
1931 - 2015
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 300
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 301
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 302
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 303
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 304
1905 - 1989
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 305
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 306