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Hunter S. Thompson

1937 - 2005

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Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, regarded as one of the principal pioneers of New Journalism, along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, and Tom Wolfe. He rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for which he spent a year living with the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences. In 1970, he wrote an unconventional article titled "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" for Scanlan's Monthly, which further raised his profile as a countercultural figure. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hunter S. Thompson has received more than 14,704,148 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Hunter S. Thompson is the 1,311th most popular writer (down from 985th in 2019), the 1,572nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,172nd in 2019) and the 146th most popular American Writer.

Hunter S. Thompson is most famous for his work as a journalist and author. He was the founder of the gonzo journalism style and is best known for his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hunter S. Thompson ranks 1,311 out of 7,302. Before him are Eleanor H. Porter, Alfonsina Storni, Ken Kesey, Widukind of Corvey, Lina Heydrich, and Marcus Garvey. After him are Bei Dao, Khaled al-Asaad, Matteo Bandello, Ubertino of Casale, Sadegh Hedayat, and Rasul Gamzatov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Hunter S. Thompson ranks 74. Before him are George Takei, Tamara Press, Cüneyt Arkın, Valentyn Sylvestrov, Dragoslav Šekularac, and Tamara Bunke. After him are Yılmaz Güney, Joseph Nye, Thomas Nagel, Valentin Pavlov, Rubin Carter, and Rafael Moneo. Among people deceased in 2005, Hunter S. Thompson ranks 56. Before him are William Westmoreland, Robert Wise, Akira Yoshizawa, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Robert Sheckley, and Peter Benenson. After him are Richard Smalley, Carlo Maria Giulini, Arman, Aenne Burda, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Robert Moog.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hunter S. Thompson ranks 1,572 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Peter Dinklage (1969), Paul Revere (1735), Rollo May (1909), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), and Chevy Chase (1943). After him are Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Edward Charles Pickering (1846), Frank Sheeran (1920), George Wald (1906), Alben W. Barkley (1877), and Don Ameche (1908).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Hunter S. Thompson ranks 146. Before him are Robert Sheckley (1928), James Brendan Connolly (1868), Poul Anderson (1926), Danielle Steel (1947), Eleanor H. Porter (1868), and Ken Kesey (1935). After him are Anthony Bourdain (1956), Maria Shriver (1955), Jean M. Auel (1936), Thornton Wilder (1897), Diana Gabaldon (1952), and Rex Stout (1886).

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