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 305,993 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Irwin Shaw is the 946th most popular writer (down from 896th in 2019), the 1,040th most popular biography from United States (down from 970th in 2019) and the 106th 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 946 out of 5,794. Before him are Benito Pérez Galdós, Jamal Khashoggi, Marie d'Agoult, Aziz Nesin, Vicente Aleixandre, and Eleanor Marx. After him are Valerius Maximus, Kurt Eisner, Guido Cavalcanti, Bernard Cornwell, Christoph Martin Wieland, and Harry Mulisch.
1843 - 1920
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 940
1958 - 2018
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 941
1805 - 1876
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 942
1915 - 1995
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 943
1898 - 1984
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 944
1855 - 1898
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 945
1913 - 1984
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 946
100 BC - 100
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 947
1867 - 1919
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 948
1258 - 1300
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 949
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 950
1733 - 1813
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 951
1927 - 2010
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 952
Among people born in 1913, Irwin Shaw ranks 46. Before him are Wolfgang Paul, Mehmet Shehu, Muddy Waters, Masanobu Fukuoka, Charles Trenet, and Aimé Césaire. After him are Peter Cushing, Vinicius de Moraes, Mary Ainsworth, Gert Fröbe, Paul Grice, and Witold Lutosławski. Among people deceased in 1984, Irwin Shaw ranks 32. Before him are Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Martin Ryle, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Dmitry Ustinov, Karl Rahner, and Vicente Aleixandre. After him are Yılmaz Güney, Jiro Miyake, Henri Michaux, Count Basie, James Mason, and Ansel Adams.
1913 - 1993
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 40
1913 - 1981
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 41
1913 - 1983
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 42
1913 - 2008
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 43
1913 - 2001
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 44
1913 - 2008
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 45
1913 - 1984
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 46
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 47
1913 - 1980
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 48
1913 - 1999
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 49
1913 - 1988
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 50
1913 - 1988
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 51
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 52
1892 - 1984
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 26
1918 - 1984
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 27
1922 - 1984
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 28
1908 - 1984
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 29
1904 - 1984
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 30
1898 - 1984
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 31
1913 - 1984
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 32
1937 - 1984
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 33
1900 - 1984
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 34
1899 - 1984
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 35
1904 - 1984
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 36
1909 - 1984
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 37
1902 - 1984
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 38
Among people born in United States, Irwin Shaw ranks 1,040 out of 15,968. Before him are Pete Seeger (1919), Otis Redding (1941), Elliott Gould (1938), Buck Henry (1930), Daniel Bell (1919), and Anjelica Huston (1951). After him are Richard Barthelmess (1895), Larry Ellison (1944), Roger Zelazny (1937), Hiram Bingham III (1875), George Beadle (1903), and A. L. Kroeber (1876).
1919 - 2014
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 1,034
1941 - 1967
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 1,035
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 1,036
1930 - 2020
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 1,037
1919 - 2011
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 1,038
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 1,039
1913 - 1984
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 1,040
1895 - 1963
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 1,041
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 1,042
1937 - 1995
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 1,043
1875 - 1956
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 1,044
1903 - 1989
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 1,045
1876 - 1960
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 1,046
Among writers born in United States, Irwin Shaw ranks 106. Before him are Virginia Satir (1916), Richard Matheson (1926), Walter Lippmann (1889), Jean Webster (1876), H. L. Mencken (1880), and Irving Stone (1903). After him are Roger Zelazny (1937), Clifford D. Simak (1904), Jean M. Auel (1936), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Clive Cussler (1931), and William Gibson (1948).
1916 - 1988
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 100
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 101
1889 - 1974
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 102
1876 - 1916
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 103
1880 - 1956
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 104
1903 - 1989
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 105
1913 - 1984
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 106
1937 - 1995
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 107
1904 - 1988
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 108
1936 - Present
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 109
1937 - 2005
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 110
1931 - 2020
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 111
1948 - Present
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 112