1913 - 1984
Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irwin Shaw has received more than 381,789 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Irwin Shaw is the 1,062nd most popular writer (down from 946th in 2019), the 1,269th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,039th in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Writer.
Irwin Shaw was a prolific American playwright, author, and screenwriter. He is best known for his novels The Young Lions and Rich Man, Poor Man.
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Among writers, Irwin Shaw ranks 1,062 out of 5,755. Before him are Erskine Caldwell, Joan Didion, Guido Cavalcanti, Robert Graves, Leonid Andreyev, and Adalberon. After him are Branislav Nušić, Cormac McCarthy, Kazi Nazrul Islam, W. H. Auden, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, and Madeleine de Scudéry.
1903 - 1987
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,056
1934 - 2021
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,057
1258 - 1300
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,058
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,059
1871 - 1919
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,060
947 - 1030
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,061
1913 - 1984
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 1,062
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 1,063
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,064
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 1,065
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,066
64 BC - 8
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,067
1607 - 1701
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,068
Among people born in 1913, Irwin Shaw ranks 57. Before him are Vinicius de Moraes, Mary Ainsworth, Richard Stone, Stanley Kramer, Paul Grice, and Gerda Christian. After him are Sergey Mikhalkov, Xi Zhongxun, Otto Wichterle, Jan Kubiš, Benjamin Bloom, and Peter Cushing. Among people deceased in 1984, Irwin Shaw ranks 35. Before him are Martin Ryle, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Vicente Aleixandre, Stanislaw Ulam, Karl Rahner, and Jackie Coogan. After him are Moshé Feldenkrais, Henri Michaux, Oskar Werner, Joseph Losey, Tito Gobbi, and Brassaï.
1913 - 1980
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 51
1913 - 1999
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 52
1913 - 1991
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 53
1913 - 2001
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 54
1913 - 1988
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 55
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 56
1913 - 1984
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 57
1913 - 2009
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 58
1913 - 2002
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 59
1913 - 1998
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 60
1913 - 1942
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 61
1913 - 1999
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 62
1913 - 1994
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 63
1918 - 1984
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 29
1922 - 1984
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 30
1898 - 1984
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 31
1909 - 1984
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 32
1904 - 1984
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 33
1914 - 1984
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 34
1913 - 1984
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 35
1904 - 1984
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 36
1899 - 1984
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 37
1922 - 1984
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 38
1909 - 1984
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 39
1913 - 1984
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 40
1899 - 1984
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 41
Among people born in United States, Irwin Shaw ranks 1,269 out of 18,182. Before him are Alan J. Heeger (1936), Lisa Kudrow (1963), John Forsythe (1918), Joan Didion (1934), Dennis Rader (1945), and Joseph Erlanger (1874). After him are Anthony Mann (1906), Cormac McCarthy (1933), Joseph Kosuth (1945), John Brown (1800), John Foster Dulles (1888), and J. J. Cale (1938).
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,263
1963 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,264
1918 - 2010
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,265
1934 - 2021
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,266
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,267
1874 - 1965
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,268
1913 - 1984
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 1,269
1906 - 1967
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 1,270
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,271
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,272
1800 - 1859
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,273
1888 - 1959
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,274
1938 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,275
Among writers born in United States, Irwin Shaw ranks 128. Before him are Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Will Durant (1885), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Fredric Brown (1906), Erskine Caldwell (1903), and Joan Didion (1934). After him are Cormac McCarthy (1933), Edith Wharton (1862), Nora Roberts (1950), Harry Harrison (1925), Virginia Henderson (1897), and Michael Connelly (1956).
1900 - 1948
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 122
1885 - 1981
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 123
1876 - 1972
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 124
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 125
1903 - 1987
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 126
1934 - 2021
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 127
1913 - 1984
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 128
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 129
1862 - 1937
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 130
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 131
1925 - 2012
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 132
1897 - 1996
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 133
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 134