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Howard Ashman

1950 - 1991

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Howard Elliott Ashman (May 17, 1950 – March 14, 1991) was an American playwright, lyricist and stage director. He is most widely known for his work on feature films for Walt Disney Animation Studios, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Alan Menken composed the music. Ashman has been credited as being a main driving force behind the Disney Renaissance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Ashman has received more than 1,906,245 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Howard Ashman is the 5,342nd most popular writer (down from 60th in 2019), the 8,575th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,708th in 2019) and the 672nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 43.48

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Howard Ashman ranks 5,342 out of 5,755. Before him are Remco Campert, Colm Tóibín, Katherine Pancol, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Herman Teirlinck, and Victor Shenderovich. After him are Philip G. Epstein, György Bessenyei, Abraham Cowley, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Nicholas Evans, and John Berryman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Howard Ashman ranks 432. Before him are Karl Rove, Hugo Hovenkamp, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carlos Roberto Flores, Shahid Khan, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. After him are Teddy Pendergrass, Nicholas Evans, Chris Stein, Nikica Valentić, Phil Alden Robinson, and Rambhadracharya. Among people deceased in 1991, Howard Ashman ranks 212. Before him are Eladio Rojas, Steve Clark, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Moshe Castel, Doc Pomus, and Cesare Merzagora. After him are Fritz Riess, Eleanor Boardman, Carl-Erik Holmberg, Lilian Bond, Giacomo Mari, and Redd Foxx.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Howard Ashman ranks 8,575 out of 18,182. Before him are Paul Winchell (1922), Richard Denning (1914), Lindsey Graham (1955), Max Weinberg (1951), Stephen Decatur (1779), and William C. deMille (1878). After him are Chris Barnes (1967), Jason Lewis (1971), Coleen Gray (1922), DJ Yella (1967), Henry Dearborn (1751), and Kate Bruce (1860).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Howard Ashman ranks 672. Before him are Donald Richie (1924), Michael Swanwick (1950), Brad Falchuk (1971), Judy Blume (1938), Peter Matthiessen (1927), and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950). After him are Philip G. Epstein (1909), John Berryman (1914), Scott Turow (1949), Jack McDevitt (1935), William Blum (1933), and David Simon (1960).

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