1925 - 2015
James Arnold Horowitz (June 10, 1925 – June 19, 2015), better known as James Salter, his pen name and later-adopted legal name, was an American novelist and short-story writer. Originally a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, he resigned from the military in 1957 following the successful publication of his first novel, The Hunters. After a brief career in film writing and film directing, in 1979 Salter published the novel Solo Faces. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Salter has received more than 363,915 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). James Salter is the 3,319th most popular writer (down from 3,258th in 2019), the 4,349th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,280th in 2019) and the 379th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, James Salter ranks 3,319 out of 5,755. Before him are Ferenc Kölcsey, Aleksandrs Čaks, Jean Echenoz, Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, Robert Garnier, and Kjeld Abell. After him are Tim Krabbé, Bernardo Atxaga, Tom Stoppard, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, A. Merritt, and Diego Durán.
1790 - 1838
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 3,313
1901 - 1950
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 3,314
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 3,315
923 - 1023
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 3,316
1534 - 1590
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 3,317
1901 - 1961
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 3,318
1925 - 2015
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 3,319
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 3,320
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 3,321
1937 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 3,322
1886 - 1950
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 3,323
1884 - 1943
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 3,324
1537 - 1588
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 3,325
Among people born in 1925, James Salter ranks 221. Before him are Julian Beck, Duane Hanson, Ignacio López Tarso, Ernst Neizvestny, Doris Roberts, and John Cocke. After him are Thor Vilhjálmsson, Olle Hellbom, Mai Zetterling, Czesław Kiszczak, Pierre Mondy, and Jeanne Crain. Among people deceased in 2015, James Salter ranks 176. Before him are Johanna Quandt, Elizabeth Wilson, John Henry Holland, Roberto M. Levingston, Xu Caihou, and Mike Porcaro. After him are Moira Orfei, Richard Johnson, Carlo Furno, Roddy Piper, Wan Li, and Walter Burkert.
1925 - 1985
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 215
1925 - 1996
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 216
1925 - 2023
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 217
1925 - 2016
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 218
1925 - 2016
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 219
1925 - 2002
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 220
1925 - 2015
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 221
1925 - 2011
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 222
1925 - 1982
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 223
1925 - 1994
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 224
1925 - 2015
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 225
1925 - 2012
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 226
1925 - 2003
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 227
1926 - 2015
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 170
1921 - 2015
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 171
1929 - 2015
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 172
1920 - 2015
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 173
1943 - 2015
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 174
1955 - 2015
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 175
1925 - 2015
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 176
1931 - 2015
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 177
1927 - 2015
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 178
1921 - 2015
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 179
1954 - 2015
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 180
1916 - 2015
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 181
1931 - 2015
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 182
Among people born in United States, James Salter ranks 4,349 out of 18,182. Before him are Julie Adams (1926), Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823), John G. Trump (1907), Peter Revson (1939), William R. King (1786), and Mark Tobey (1890). After him are Michael Moriarty (1941), Sarah Rafferty (1972), John Spencer (1946), Braxton Bragg (1817), Laurie Metcalf (1955), and Ryan Murphy (1965).
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 4,343
1823 - 1914
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 4,344
1907 - 1985
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 4,345
1939 - 1974
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 4,346
1786 - 1853
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 4,347
1890 - 1976
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 4,348
1925 - 2015
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 4,349
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 4,350
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 4,351
1946 - 2005
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 4,352
1817 - 1876
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 4,353
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 4,354
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 4,355
Among writers born in United States, James Salter ranks 379. Before him are Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892), Willa Cather (1873), Lilian Jackson Braun (1913), Diane Disney Miller (1933), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), and William Steig (1907). After him are A. Merritt (1884), John Ashbery (1927), Richard Yates (1926), Charles Fort (1874), Vince Gilligan (1967), and Michael Cristofer (1945).
1892 - 1950
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 373
1873 - 1947
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 374
1913 - 2011
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 375
1933 - 2013
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 376
1822 - 1847
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 377
1907 - 2003
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 378
1925 - 2015
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 379
1884 - 1943
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 380
1927 - 2017
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 381
1926 - 1992
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 382
1874 - 1932
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 383
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 384
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 385