WRITER

Elmore Leonard

1925 - 2013

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Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story- and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elmore Leonard has received more than 2,659,900 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Elmore Leonard is the 2,582nd most popular writer (up from 2,598th in 2019), the 3,276th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,397th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elmore Leonard ranks 2,582 out of 7,302. Before him are Dionysius Periegetes, Friedrich Spee, Cleitarchus, Ignacy Krasicki, Parvin E'tesami, and Johann Froben. After him are Edgar Lee Masters, Arthur Young, Constantin von Wurzbach, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Karl Gutzkow, and Isaac Deutscher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Elmore Leonard ranks 167. Before him are Emilio Eduardo Massera, Johnny Carson, Kalle Svensson, Bauer, Nancy Roman, and Alexei Tupolev. After him are Doris Hart, June Whitfield, John DeLorean, Yuval Ne'eman, Krishna Sobti, and Wojciech Has. Among people deceased in 2013, Elmore Leonard ranks 158. Before him are Manolo Escobar, Bruno Metsu, Anatoly Onoprienko, Pyotr Bolotnikov, Eiji Toyoda, and Clive Burr. After him are Ronnie Biggs, Hilary Koprowski, Colin Davis, Georges Descrières, Jean Vincent, and Eero Mäntyranta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elmore Leonard ranks 3,276 out of 20,380. Before him are Dan Blocker (1928), Mehmet Oz (1960), Max Baer (1909), Victor Young (1900), John C. Reilly (1965), and Diane Baker (1938). After him are Ted Nelson (1937), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), Cherry Jones (1956), Josh Holloway (1969), Cynthia Rothrock (1957), and Edgar Lee Masters (1868).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elmore Leonard ranks 283. Before him are Katherine Jackson (1930), Alexandra Ripley (1934), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Andrea Dworkin (1946), John Barth (1930), and L. Sprague de Camp (1907). After him are Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Jim Thompson (1906), Terry Goodkind (1948), Neil Simon (1927), Orson Scott Card (1951), and Eric Carle (1929).

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