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Erich Segal

1937 - 2010

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Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937 – January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel Love Story (1970) and its film adaptation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Segal has received more than 522,793 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Erich Segal is the 2,212th most popular writer (down from 2,049th in 2019), the 2,766th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,691st in 2019) and the 241st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Erich Segal ranks 2,212 out of 7,302. Before him are Methodius of Olympus, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Trygve Gulbranssen, Alfred Bester, Esther Vilar, and Guillaume Tirel. After him are Frédéric Ozanam, Rebecca West, Mikhail Artsybashev, Audre Lorde, Arsen Kotsoyev, and Shakuntala Devi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Erich Segal ranks 153. Before him are Marie Dubois, Eduard Uspensky, Eduard Streltsov, Facundo Cabral, Emerich Jenei, and Edward Fox. After him are Gundula Janowitz, Otto Pfister, Sofiko Chiaureli, Don Bluth, Armin Hary, and Paolo Bonacelli. Among people deceased in 2010, Erich Segal ranks 101. Before him are Sigmar Polke, Lynn Redgrave, Richard Holbrooke, Cécile Aubry, Philippa Foot, and Orlando Peçanha. After him are Guido de Marco, Nasr Abu Zayd, Howard Zinn, Andrei Voznesensky, Robert Culp, and Raimon Panikkar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erich Segal ranks 2,766 out of 20,380. Before him are Scottie Pippen (1965), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), Alfred Bester (1913), Delmer Daves (1904), Karl Malone (1963), and Melissa Gilbert (1964). After him are Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Brian Weiss (1944), Audre Lorde (1934), Howard Schultz (1953), Miley Cyrus (1992), and Charles Robert Jenkins (1940).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Erich Segal ranks 241. Before him are Nelson Algren (1909), S. S. Van Dine (1888), Jacques Futrelle (1875), Samuel R. Delany (1942), E. L. Doctorow (1931), and Alfred Bester (1913). After him are Audre Lorde (1934), Joseph Heller (1923), Wayne Dyer (1940), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), Harlan Coben (1962), and Edward Bunker (1933).

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