WRITER

Horton Foote

1916 - 2009

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Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for To Kill a Mockingbird, which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and the film, Tender Mercies (1983). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horton Foote has received more than 508,627 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Horton Foote is the 6,759th most popular writer (down from 5,954th in 2019), the 13,817th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,965th in 2019) and the 1,009th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A young lady of property
1955
Courtship, Valentine's Day, 1918
1987
The carpetbagger's children
Fathers and daughters, Death, Fathers
2002
The young man from Atlanta
Adult children, Gay men, Married people
1995
The chase
1952
Farewell
20th century, American Dramatists, Biography
1999

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Horton Foote ranks 6,759 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexandre Jardin, Sally Rooney, H. Beam Piper, Kamel Daoud, James K. Morrow, and George Etherege. After him are Allen Tate, Marge Piercy, Stanley Middleton, Howard Gordon, Sharon Olds, and Miro Gavran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Horton Foote ranks 312. Before him are Nilufer Hanımsultan, Ruth R. Benerito, Irene Worth, Stan Cullis, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, and Esther Victoria Abraham. After him are Eddie Arcaro, Raúl Héctor Castro, Leslie Thorne, William B. Saxbe, and C. Everett Koop. Among people deceased in 2009, Horton Foote ranks 403. Before him are Vishnuvardhan, William Safire, Wendy Richard, Jane Randolph, Bina Rai, and Sulim Yamadayev. After him are Stanley Middleton, George Perle, Anastasia Baburova, Ernő Kolczonay, Leo Rwabwogo, and Alastair McCorquodale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horton Foote ranks 13,817 out of 20,380. Before him are George Walton (1741), Nick Diaz (1983), Bitty Schram (1968), Tiffany Darwish (1971), Clayton Stanley (1978), and Sabu (1964). After him are Brian J. Smith (1981), Buck Jones (1891), Morgan Spurlock (1970), Chelsea Manning (1987), Allen Tate (1899), and Marge Piercy (1936).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Horton Foote ranks 1,009. Before him are John Crowe Ransom (1888), Jay McInerney (1955), Zoe Akins (1886), Dave Eggers (1970), H. Beam Piper (1904), and James K. Morrow (1947). After him are Allen Tate (1899), Marge Piercy (1936), Howard Gordon (1961), Sharon Olds (1942), Katharine Lee Bates (1859), and Justin Cronin (1962).

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