WRITER

Gloria Vanderbilt

1924 - 2019

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Gloria Laura Vanderbilt (February 20, 1924 – June 17, 2019) was an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite. During the 1930s, she was the subject of a high-profile child custody trial in which her mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and her paternal aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, each sought custody of her and control over her trust fund. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gloria Vanderbilt has received more than 14,500,650 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Gloria Vanderbilt is the 3,779th most popular writer (down from 3,714th in 2019), the 4,842nd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,960th in 2019) and the 402nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gloria Vanderbilt ranks 3,779 out of 7,302. Before her are Friederike Mayröcker, Said Akl, Lucrezia Marinella, Jacob of Serugh, Peter Andreas Heiberg, and Charles Simon Favart. After her are Alf Prøysen, Hovhannes Shiraz, Amado Nervo, Charles Grandison Finney, Iain Banks, and Lise Nørgaard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Gloria Vanderbilt ranks 247. Before her are György Lázár, Luděk Pachman, Azucena Villaflor, Jean-Michel Charlier, Erik Balling, and Friederike Mayröcker. After her are Jimmy Gardner, Qiao Shi, Janet Frame, Sonny Stitt, Marcel Domingo, and Rainer Barzel. Among people deceased in 2019, Gloria Vanderbilt ranks 242. Before her are Janet Asimov, Eva Mozes Kor, David Hedison, Anémone, Vojtěch Jasný, and Mark Zakharov. After her are Pedro Manfredini, Jacques Dupont, Jurica Jerković, Omero Antonutti, Sven Lindqvist, and Herman Wouk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gloria Vanderbilt ranks 4,842 out of 20,380. Before her are Oscar Hammerstein II (1895), Oliver North (1943), Rafer Johnson (1935), Josephine Hull (1877), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), and Dennis Dugan (1946). After her are Louise Arner Boyd (1887), Charles Grandison Finney (1792), Theodore Maiman (1927), John G. Trump (1907), Johnny Nash (1940), and Levon Helm (1940).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gloria Vanderbilt ranks 402. Before her are James A. Michener (1907), Og Mandino (1923), John Gray (1951), Hal Clement (1922), Marilyn French (1929), and Brandon Sanderson (1975). After her are Charles Grandison Finney (1792), Francis Scott Key (1779), Henry Adams (1838), David Brin (1950), James Russell Lowell (1819), and A. Merritt (1884).

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