WRITER

Irving Wallace

1916 - 1990

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Irving Wallace (March 19, 1916 – June 29, 1990) was an American best-selling author and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irving Wallace has received more than 294,674 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Irving Wallace is the 4,805th most popular writer (down from 4,433rd in 2019), the 6,612th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,189th in 2019) and the 529th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Chapman Report
Fiction in English
1960
The fabulous showman
Biography, Circus, Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
1959
The Three Sirens
1963
The Prize
Fiction
When a group of honorees arrive in Stockholm for the Nobel Prize ceremony, the American novelist confesses he suspects the German physicist is an imposter. Before long, he finds himself involved with communist agents, a murder and a near-drowning... his own.
1962
The Word
Fiction in English, Fiction, Archaeology
1972
The Seven Minutes
Fiction in English
1969

Page views of Irving Wallaces by language

Over the past year Irving Wallace has had the most page views in the with 30,996 views, followed by Spanish (9,177), and Portuguese (3,084). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Russian (91.51%), Basque (72.68%), and Swedish (53.64%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Irving Wallace ranks 4,805 out of 7,302. Before him are William Martin Leake, James Lee Burke, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Raymond Abellio, Gáspár Heltai, and Nicholas Evans. After him are Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Herman Heijermans, John Lyly, David E. Kelley, Shōhei Ōoka, and Chaim Potok.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Irving Wallace ranks 201. Before him are Tinus Osendarp, Roy Ward Baker, Guglielmo Gabetto, Irwin Allen, John D. MacDonald, and Edward Platt. After him are Arnoldo Foà, Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Yekaterina Zelenko, Shigeo Arai, Mary Stewart, and Anna Yegorova. Among people deceased in 1990, Irving Wallace ranks 207. Before him are Otto E. Neugebauer, Walter Sedlmayr, Max Bense, Jill Esmond, Bazilio Olara-Okello, and Arthur Samuel. After him are Jack Gilford, Eve Arden, Georges Lacombe, Concha Piquer, Heitor Canalli, and Manuel Anatol.

Others Born in 1916

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irving Wallace ranks 6,612 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Lawry Norton (1898), Tom Byron (1961), Robert Anderson (1805), Lindy Remigino (1931), Yokozuna (1966), and Leo Sexton (1909). After him are George Baird (1907), Carol Alt (1960), Shawn Wayans (1971), Frank Churchill (1901), Daniel Quillen (1940), and Robert Nisbet (1913).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Irving Wallace ranks 529. Before him are Sue Grafton (1940), R. J. Palacio (1963), Susan Brownmiller (1935), Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942), John D. MacDonald (1916), and James Lee Burke (1936). After him are David E. Kelley (1956), Chaim Potok (1929), Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), David Weber (1952), Harriet Jacobs (1813), and Marc Okrand (1948).

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