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Howard Fast

1914 - 2003

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Howard Melvin Fast (November 11, 1914 – March 12, 2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E.V. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Fast has received more than 493,005 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Howard Fast is the 2,472nd most popular writer (down from 1,893rd in 2019), the 3,205th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,374th in 2019) and the 283rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Howard Fast ranks 2,472 out of 5,755. Before him are Renée Vivien, George of Pisidia, Carl Zuckmayer, André Aciman, Olympiodorus of Thebes, and Jakub Bart-Ćišinski. After him are Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Luigi Illica, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Edward FitzGerald, Philip Kerr, and Philippe de Mornay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Howard Fast ranks 125. Before him are Dobri Dobrev, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Paul Tortelier, Maxim of Bulgaria, Joe Shuster, and Baba Amte. After him are Sun Ra, Kenny Clarke, Yahya Khan, Martin Ritt, Taisen Deshimaru, and Jens Otto Krag. Among people deceased in 2003, Howard Fast ranks 111. Before him are Anita Mui, John Ritter, Donald Davidson, Charles Berlitz, Kerim Kerimov, and Gordon Mitchell. After him are Robert Palmer, Mongo Santamaría, Karel Kosík, Tadao Horie, Guido Crepax, and Rachel Kempson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Howard Fast ranks 3,205 out of 18,182. Before him are Arthur D. Levinson (1950), Lindsay Lohan (1986), Katherine MacGregor (1925), Syd Mead (1933), Nicholas Hammond (1950), and Gene Barry (1919). After him are Christina Ricci (1980), Mimsy Farmer (1945), Sarah Paulson (1974), Chaka Khan (1953), David Ogden Stiers (1942), and Sun Ra (1914).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Howard Fast ranks 283. Before him are Henry Darger (1892), Paul Goodman (1911), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), John Barth (1930), Neil Simon (1927), and Jim Thompson (1906). After him are Richard Wright (1908), John Zerzan (1943), William Peter Blatty (1928), Anne McCaffrey (1926), Larry Niven (1938), and Jack Williamson (1908).

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