Writer

J. P. Donleavy

Novelist, playwright, essayist

1926 - 2017

EN.WIKIPEDIA PAGE VIEWS (PV)

Photo of J. P. Donleavy

Icon of person J. P. Donleavy

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). J. P. Donleavy is the 6,508th most popular writer (down from 6,434th in 2024), the 12,275th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,991st in 2019) and the 886th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

25k

Page Views

Past 12 months

50.28

HPI

Historical Popularity Index

Page views of J. P. Donleavy by language

Loading...

Among Writers

Among writers, J. P. Donleavy ranks 6,508 out of 7,302Before him are Alan Dundes, Ruth Graham, Greil Marcus, Ragnar Jónasson, Dan Abnett, and Lynne Cox. After him are Sally Rooney, Alain LeRoy Locke, Raif Badawi, Rick Falkvinge, Walter Lord, and Shirley Ann Grau.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, J. P. Donleavy ranks 529Before him are Sonja Åkesson, Margreth Weivers, Joan Lorring, Alfonso Silva, Don Messick, and Kenneth Williams. After him are Aldo Tarlao, Bruce Harlan, Karl Gordon Henize, André Testut, Doris Belack, and Paul Lynde. Among people deceased in 2017, J. P. Donleavy ranks 593Before him are John B. Anderson, Boris Nikolov, Norman Johnson, Robert Elsie, Zdeněk Šreiner, and Jim Bunning. After him are Brent Briscoe, Miguel Ángel Loayza, Len Wein, Bill Hougland, Cristina Adela Foișor, and William Steinkraus.

Others Born in 1926

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 2017

Go to all Rankings

In United States

Among people born in United States, J. P. Donleavy ranks 12,275 out of NaNBefore him are Jeff Monson (1971), Robert M. T. Hunter (1809), Marilu Henner (1952), Louis Fischer (1896), Clarence Birdseye (1886), and Kitty Wells (1919). After him are Olive Borden (1906), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), Ansel Elgort (1994), Pauline Frederick (1883), Hayes Alan Jenkins (1933), and Chris Fehn (1973).

Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, J. P. Donleavy ranks 886Before him are John Burroughs (1837), Bosley Crowther (1905), Sarah Josepha Hale (1788), Alan Dundes (1934), Greil Marcus (1945), and Lynne Cox (1957). After him are Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), Walter Lord (1917), Shirley Ann Grau (1929), Ellen Willis (1941), Paul Klebnikov (1963), and Janet Evanovich (1943).

العربية中文NederlandsEnglishFrançaisDeutschMagyarItaliano日本語PolskiPortuguêsРусскийEspañol