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Helen Thomas

1920 - 2013

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Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American reporter and author, and a long-serving member of the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents—from the beginning of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration. Thomas worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Thomas has received more than 1,026,998 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Helen Thomas is the 4,457th most popular writer (up from 4,509th in 2019), the 5,949th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,338th in 2019) and the 479th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Helen Thomas ranks 4,457 out of 7,302. Before her are Ariel Dorfman, Gudrun Pausewang, Severus Sanctus Endelechius, Jan Myrdal, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, and Einar Benediktsson. After her are Dai Sijie, Sakina Akhundzadeh, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Joe Abercrombie, Ava, and Ladislav Mňačko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Helen Thomas ranks 283. Before her are Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, Bruno Ruffo, Chushiro Hayashi, Georges Balandier, Ehsan Yarshater, and Rosemary Sutcliff. After her are Richard N. Frye, Reginald Rose, Olga Orozco, Clemar Bucci, Denver Pyle, and Jens Bjørneboe. Among people deceased in 2013, Helen Thomas ranks 285. Before her are Vivi Bach, Miguel Poblet, Marcia Wallace, Kenneth Appel, Michel Brault, and Paolo Soleri. After her are Harold Agnew, John Thomas, Hennadiy Udovenko, Moses Blah, Amparo Rivelles, and Rossella Falk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Thomas ranks 5,949 out of 20,380. Before her are Lola Albright (1924), Jeanne Eagels (1890), Dooley Wilson (1886), Eva Cassidy (1963), Dan Bricklin (1951), and Veronica Hart (1956). After her are Scott Columbus (1956), Richard Harrison (1936), Jamie Hyneman (1956), Michael B. Jordan (1987), BD Wong (1960), and Nate Dogg (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Helen Thomas ranks 479. Before her are Norman Lear (1922), David Baldacci (1960), Anna Katharine Green (1846), Greg Bear (1951), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), and Brian Herbert (1947). After her are Julia Quinn (1970), Tracy Chevalier (1962), Reginald Rose (1920), Delia Owens (1949), C. J. Cherryh (1942), and Amy Lowell (1874).

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