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Ira Levin

1929 - 2007

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Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), This Perfect Day (1970), The Boys from Brazil (1976), and Sliver (1991). Levin also wrote the play Deathtrap (1978). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ira Levin has received more than 1,046,023 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ira Levin is the 1,635th most popular writer (down from 1,420th in 2019), the 2,028th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,808th in 2019) and the 178th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ira Levin ranks 1,635 out of 7,302. Before him are Posidippus, Jurji Zaydan, Ludwig Börne, Fernando del Paso, Ivan Klíma, and Péter Nádas. After him are Avraham Stern, Martin Gardner, Alphonse Allais, Servius Sulpicius Rufus, Christian Morgenstern, and Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Ira Levin ranks 134. Before him are Robert Faurisson, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Rafael Eitan, Édouard Balladur, Michael Michai Kitbunchu, and Gabriel Urgebadze. After him are Kateb Yacine, Burhan Sargun, Vladimír Menšík, Vasily Shukshin, Branko Zebec, and John Conyers. Among people deceased in 2007, Ira Levin ranks 78. Before him are Lady Bird Johnson, Kiichi Miyazawa, André Gorz, Khun Sa, Vilma Espín, and Mary Douglas. After him are István Sándorfi, Mika Špiljak, Nobuo Matsunaga, Kisho Kurokawa, Atle Selberg, and Maurice Papon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ira Levin ranks 2,028 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Kennedy (1914), Katharine Ross (1940), Solomon Burke (1936), Gabe Newell (1962), Elijah Muhammad (1897), and Teri Hatcher (1964). After him are Pinetop Perkins (1913), Martin Gardner (1914), Bob Odenkirk (1962), Ashton Kutcher (1978), Irene Cara (1959), and Marissa Mayer (1975).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ira Levin ranks 178. Before him are Langston Hughes (1902), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Philip José Farmer (1918), Alice Walker (1944), and Gore Vidal (1925). After him are Martin Gardner (1914), Theodore Sturgeon (1918), Upton Sinclair (1878), Fredric Jameson (1934), R. L. Stine (1943), and Bernard Malamud (1914).

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