1925 - 2012
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Vidal was heavily involved in politics, and unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the U.S. House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the U.S. Senate (for California). A grandson of U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gore Vidal has received more than 6,452,936 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Gore Vidal is the 1,501st most popular writer (down from 1,346th in 2019), the 1,934th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,588th in 2019) and the 179th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Gore Vidal ranks 1,501 out of 5,755. Before him are Michael Moorcock, Nicholas Sparks, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Raymond Roussel, Li Qingzhao, and Gottfried August Bürger. After him are David Woodard, Gil Vicente, Anagarika Dharmapala, Stobaeus, Samuel Pepys, and Władysław Tarnowski.
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,495
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,496
1873 - 1936
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,497
1877 - 1933
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,498
1084 - 1155
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,499
1747 - 1794
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,500
1925 - 2012
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,501
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,502
1465 - 1536
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,503
1864 - 1933
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,504
401 - 401
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 1,505
1633 - 1703
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,506
1836 - 1878
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,507
Among people born in 1925, Gore Vidal ranks 104. Before him are Tom Gehrels, Ernesto Cardenal, Georges Delerue, Justo Gallego Martínez, Lepa Radić, and Dettmar Cramer. After him are Alexander Shulgin, Donald O'Connor, Aliya Moldagulova, Serge Moscovici, David Elazar, and Tofiq Bahramov. Among people deceased in 2012, Gore Vidal ranks 78. Before him are David Kelly, Bingu wa Mutharika, Teófilo Stevenson, Scott McKenzie, Hans Werner Henze, and Carl Johan Bernadotte. After him are Griselda Blanco, Santiago Carrillo, Maurice Herzog, Galina Vishnevskaya, Neslişah Sultan, and Alexis Weissenberg.
1925 - 2011
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 98
1925 - 2020
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 99
1925 - 1992
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 100
1925 - 2021
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 101
1925 - 1943
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 102
1925 - 2015
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 103
1925 - 2012
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 104
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 105
1925 - 2003
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 106
1925 - 1944
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 107
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 108
1925 - 1976
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 109
1925 - 1993
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 110
1929 - 2012
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 72
1934 - 2012
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 73
1952 - 2012
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 74
1939 - 2012
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 75
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 76
1916 - 2012
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 77
1925 - 2012
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 78
1943 - 2012
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 79
1915 - 2012
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 80
1919 - 2012
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 81
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 82
1921 - 2012
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 83
1929 - 2012
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 84
Among people born in United States, Gore Vidal ranks 1,934 out of 18,182. Before him are Jack Kevorkian (1928), Michael Bay (1965), Alex Jones (1974), Jack Daniel (1850), Victor French (1934), and Frank Wilczek (1951). After him are Jason Momoa (1979), David Woodard (1964), Sydney Chaplin (1926), Dan Inosanto (1936), Terry Riley (1935), and Busta Rhymes (1972).
1928 - 2011
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,928
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,929
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,930
1850 - 1911
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,931
1934 - 1989
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,932
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,933
1925 - 2012
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,934
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,935
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,936
1926 - 2009
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,937
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,938
1935 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,939
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 1,940
Among writers born in United States, Gore Vidal ranks 179. Before him are Rick Riordan (1964), Philip José Farmer (1918), Jack Vance (1916), William Carlos Williams (1883), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), and Nicholas Sparks (1965). After him are David Woodard (1964), Upton Sinclair (1878), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), Elizabeth George (1949), Wayne Dyer (1940), and Lewis Mumford (1895).
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 173
1918 - 2009
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 174
1916 - 2013
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 175
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 176
1889 - 1970
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 177
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 178
1925 - 2012
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 179
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 180
1878 - 1968
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 181
1930 - 1999
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 182
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 183
1940 - 2015
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 184
1895 - 1990
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 185