1926 - 2005
Evan Hunter (born Salvatore Albert Lombino; October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005) was an American author of crime and mystery fiction. He is best known as the author of 87th Precinct novels, published under the pen name Ed McBain, which are considered staples of police procedural genre. His other notable works include The Blackboard Jungle, a semi-autobiographical novel about life in a troubled inner-city school, which was adapted into a hit 1955 film of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed McBain has received more than 323,117 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ed McBain is the 1,963rd most popular writer (down from 1,363rd in 2019), the 2,557th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,627th in 2019) and the 231st most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Ed McBain ranks 1,963 out of 5,755. Before him are Olga Rozanova, Gustav Schwab, Methodius of Olympus, Atsushi Nakajima, Ji Kang, and Eiji Tsuburaya. After him are Jean Bodel, Chuck Palahniuk, Katia Mann, Karen Armstrong, Moschus, and Musa Cälil.
1886 - 1918
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 1,957
1792 - 1850
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 1,958
260 - 311
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 1,959
1909 - 1942
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 1,960
223 - 262
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 1,961
1901 - 1970
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 1,962
1926 - 2005
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 1,963
1165 - 1205
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 1,964
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 1,965
1883 - 1980
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 1,966
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 1,967
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 1,968
1906 - 1944
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 1,969
Among people born in 1926, Ed McBain ranks 136. Before him are Shigeo Sugimoto, Kim Jong-pil, Peter Graves, Riz Ortolani, Shin Sang-ok, and Karel Reisz. After him are Don Rickles, Jeffrey Hunter, Teddy Scholten, Rafi Eitan, Morton Feldman, and Elias Hrawi. Among people deceased in 2005, Ed McBain ranks 83. Before him are Augusto Roa Bastos, Álvaro Cunhal, John Garang, Erich Topp, Richard Pryor, and Cicely Saunders. After him are Alexander Yakovlev, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Alberto Lattuada, Annette Stroyberg, Sandra Dee, and Alain Bombard.
1926 - 2002
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 130
1926 - 2018
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 131
1926 - 2010
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 132
1926 - 2014
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 133
1926 - 2006
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 134
1926 - 2002
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 135
1926 - 2005
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 136
1926 - 2017
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 137
1926 - 1969
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 138
1926 - 2010
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 139
1926 - 2019
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 140
1926 - 1987
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 141
1926 - 2006
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 142
1917 - 2005
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 77
1913 - 2005
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 78
1945 - 2005
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 79
1914 - 2005
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 80
1940 - 2005
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 81
1918 - 2005
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 82
1926 - 2005
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 83
1923 - 2005
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 84
1916 - 2005
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 85
1914 - 2005
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 86
1936 - 2005
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 87
1942 - 2005
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 88
1924 - 2005
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 89
Among people born in United States, Ed McBain ranks 2,557 out of 18,182. Before him are Taylor Swift (1989), Chris Rock (1965), John Grinder (1940), Don McLean (1945), Rodney Alcala (1943), and William Heard Kilpatrick (1871). After him are Charlie Wilson (1933), Frank Marshall (1877), Rip Torn (1931), Stephen Foster (1826), John Adams (1947), and Chuck Palahniuk (1962).
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 2,551
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 2,552
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 2,553
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 2,554
1943 - 2021
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 2,555
1871 - 1965
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2,556
1926 - 2005
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2,557
1933 - 2010
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2,558
1877 - 1944
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2,559
1931 - 2019
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2,560
1826 - 1864
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 2,561
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 2,562
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,563
Among writers born in United States, Ed McBain ranks 231. Before him are Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Anne Sexton (1928), Kate Millett (1934), Tony Robbins (1960), Alfred Bester (1913), and John Grinder (1940). After him are Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Carl Sandburg (1878), Harlan Coben (1962), Michael Cunningham (1952), Nelson Algren (1909), and Joseph Heller (1923).
1815 - 1902
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 225
1928 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 226
1934 - 2017
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 227
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 228
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 229
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 230
1926 - 2005
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 231
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 232
1878 - 1967
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 233
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 234
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 235
1909 - 1981
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 236
1923 - 1999
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 237