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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 his screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and his original screenplay for the film Tender Mercies (1983). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horton Foote has received more than 472,727 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Horton Foote is the 5,978th most popular writer (down from 5,306th in 2019), the 11,992nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,590th in 2019) and the 895th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Horton Foote ranks 5,978 out of 5,755. Before him are Deborah Feldman, Anna Todd, João W. Nery, Prvoslav Vujcic, Russell Hoban, and Woeser. After him are Dennis Prager, Ann C. Crispin, Ronald Firbank, Colley Cibber, Russell T Davies, and Anne Enright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Horton Foote ranks 283. Before him are Rochelle Hudson, Tony Bettenhausen, Daws Butler, Stan Cullis, Kanan Devi, and Lucille Bliss. After him are Mark Stevens, Shobhna Samarth, Bill Melendez, Dennis Poore, Raúl Héctor Castro, and Leslie Thorne. Among people deceased in 2009, Horton Foote ranks 347. Before him are Philip Carey, Wendy Richard, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Ed McMahon, Stanislav Markelov, and José Carlos da Costa Araújo. After him are Billy Mays, Billy Powell, William Safire, Kamila Skolimowska, Marian Cozma, and Andrea Mead Lawrence.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horton Foote ranks 11,992 out of 18,182. Before him are Ryan Adams (1974), Warrel Dane (1961), Taylor Sheridan (1970), Johnny Horton (1925), Diane Neal (1976), and Bert I. Gordon (1922). After him are Tommy Godwin (1920), Bridget Marquardt (1973), Gerry Ashworth (1942), Thomas Ian Nicholas (1980), Phil Katz (1962), and Dennis Prager (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Horton Foote ranks 895. Before him are William Kennedy (1928), N. K. Jemisin (1972), N. Scott Momaday (1934), Deborah Feldman (1986), Anna Todd (1989), and Russell Hoban (1925). After him are Dennis Prager (1948), Ann C. Crispin (1950), Melissa Rosenberg (1962), Emanuel Pastreich (1964), Alice Hoffman (1952), and Cecily von Ziegesar (1970).

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