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Irwin Shaw

1913 - 1984

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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 413,271 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Irwin Shaw is the 665th most popular writer (up from 1,060th in 2019), the 690th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,269th in 2019) and the 69th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Irwin Shaw ranks 665 out of 7,302. Before him are Frontinus, Ian McEwan, Isabelle de Charrière, Aratus, Giambattista Basile, and Ivan Goncharov. After him are Eduardo Galeano, Sugawara no Michizane, Theodore the Studite, Matilde Camus, H. L. Mencken, and Carlo Gozzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Irwin Shaw ranks 33. Before him are Silvio Piola, Bảo Đại, Carmen Amaya, Stanford Moore, Trevor Howard, and Frances Farmer. After him are Wolfgang Paul, Leônidas, Werner Mölders, Albert Ellis, Jimmy Hoffa, and Artur Axmann. Among people deceased in 1984, Irwin Shaw ranks 20. Before him are Ed Gein, Ray Kroc, Stanislaw Ulam, Martin Ryle, Carl Ferdinand Cori, and Karl Wolff. After him are Sam Peckinpah, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Anna Anderson, Truman Capote, Oleg Antonov, and Pyotr Kapitsa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irwin Shaw ranks 690 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Cosby (1937), Lana Turner (1921), Omar Bradley (1893), Joseph Barbera (1911), George Kennedy (1925), and David Bohm (1992). After him are Burgess Meredith (1907), Ray Liotta (1954), Douglas Fairbanks (1883), Bradley Cooper (1975), Sam Peckinpah (1925), and Jack Palance (1919).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Irwin Shaw ranks 69. Before him are Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Michael Crichton (1942), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Harper Lee (1926), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), and Washington Irving (1783). After him are H. L. Mencken (1880), Truman Capote (1924), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), Jack Vance (1916), Louise Hay (1926), and Dalton Trumbo (1905).

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