WRITER

George Clayton Johnson

1929 - 2015

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George Clayton Johnson (July 10, 1929 – December 25, 2015) was an American science fiction writer, who co-wrote with William F. Nolan the novel Logan's Run, the basis for the MGM 1976 film. He also wrote television scripts for The Twilight Zone (including "Nothing in the Dark", "Kick the Can", "A Game of Pool", and "A Penny for Your Thoughts"), and the first telecast episode of Star Trek, entitled "The Man Trap". He also wrote the story and screenplay on which the 1960 film Ocean's 11 and its 2001 remake were based. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Clayton Johnson has received more than 412,167 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Clayton Johnson is the 6,659th most popular writer (down from 6,073rd in 2019), the 13,262nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,744th in 2019) and the 967th most popular American Writer.

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  • 15

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  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Clayton Johnson ranks 6,659 out of 7,302. Before him are Catherine Cookson, Rick Falkvinge, Deborah Feldman, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Kim Thúy, and Kristina Ohlsson. After him are Marie Darrieussecq, Greil Marcus, Édouard Louis, Joel Surnow, Thomas Brussig, and Eugene Vodolazkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, George Clayton Johnson ranks 536. Before him are Tom Foley, Ronnie Barker, Al Alvarez, Betty Boothroyd, Shirley Ann Grau, and Creed Taylor. After him are Yash Johar, Joan Taylor, Eddie Garcia, T. P. McKenna, William Safire, and King Moody. Among people deceased in 2015, George Clayton Johnson ranks 509. Before him are Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Ferenc Konrád, Amanda Peterson, Ali Treki, Florența Mihai, and Leon Brittan. After him are Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Walter Browne, Jayne Meadows, Charles Correa, Taylor Negron, and Eugenie Clark.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Clayton Johnson ranks 13,262 out of 20,380. Before him are Gifford Pinchot (1865), Dana Vollmer (1987), Jane Barkman (1951), Annie Montague Alexander (1867), Jennifer Lynch (1968), and Colin Cunningham (1966). After him are William P. Fessenden (1806), Jonathan David (2000), Greil Marcus (1945), Alexander Martin (1740), Harold Prince (1928), and Abigail Spencer (1981).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, George Clayton Johnson ranks 967. Before him are Randall Jarrell (1914), James Weldon Johnson (1871), D. B. Weiss (1971), Shirley Ann Grau (1929), Deborah Feldman (1986), and Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882). After him are Greil Marcus (1945), Joel Surnow (1955), Kevin Poulsen (1965), Mark Van Doren (1894), Walter Mosley (1952), and Tim Kring (1957).

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