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Elmore Leonard

1925 - 2013

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Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, 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 2,458,044 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Elmore Leonard is the 2,606th most popular writer (down from 2,307th in 2019), the 3,405th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,910th in 2019) and the 304th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elmore Leonard ranks 2,606 out of 5,755. Before him are K. Shivaram Karanth, Antiochus Kantemir, Herman Gorter, Leonard Woolf, George Mosse, and Vítězslav Nezval. After him are Ikki Kita, George Tabori, Konstantin Mihailović, Armin T. Wegner, Bhanubhakta Acharya, and Robert Penn Warren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Elmore Leonard ranks 169. Before him are Doris Hart, François-Xavier Ortoli, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Arnaldo Forlani, Jimmy Smith, and René Moawad. After him are Nancy Roman, Jørgen Ingmann, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Farley Granger, Giovanni Spadolini, and Julie Harris. Among people deceased in 2013, Elmore Leonard ranks 158. Before him are Pyotr Bolotnikov, Emilio Colombo, Yury Yakovlev, Manolo Escobar, Zao Wou-Ki, and Pran. After him are Jim Kelly, Anatoly Onoprienko, Lau Kar-leung, Julie Harris, Ronnie Biggs, and Syd Field.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elmore Leonard ranks 3,405 out of 18,182. Before him are Dan Gurney (1931), Lynne Cheney (1941), Dave Grusin (1934), Willie Garson (1964), Chris McCandless (1968), and Bill Nelson (1942). After him are Dennis Weaver (1924), Nancy Roman (1925), Chuck Feeney (1931), Josh Radnor (1974), Lucius D. Clay (1898), and John Gilbert (1895).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elmore Leonard ranks 304. Before him are Horace McCoy (1897), Gregory Corso (1930), E. L. Doctorow (1931), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Lois Lowry (1937), and Lois McMaster Bujold (1949). After him are Robert Penn Warren (1905), Charlie Kaufman (1958), Mickey Spillane (1918), John Cheever (1912), Bell hooks (1952), and Jack Thayer (1894).

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