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Jim Thompson

1906 - 1977

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James Myers Thompson (September 27, 1906 – April 7, 1977) was an American prose writer and screenwriter, known for his hardboiled crime fiction. Thompson wrote more than thirty novels, the majority of which were original paperback publications, published from the late-1940s through mid-1950s. Despite some positive critical notice—notably by Anthony Boucher in The New York Times—he was little-recognized in his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Thompson has received more than 24,282 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Thompson is the 2,464th most popular writer (down from 1,456th in 2019), the 3,189th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,777th in 2019) and the 282nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jim Thompson ranks 2,464 out of 5,755. Before him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Savitri Devi, Neil Simon, Roberto Calasso, M. Karunanidhi, and Chittaranjan Das. After him are Ryōkan, Renée Vivien, George of Pisidia, Carl Zuckmayer, André Aciman, and Olympiodorus of Thebes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Jim Thompson ranks 133. Before him are Tuvia Bielski, Jacques Pills, Yasuo Haruyama, Lilian Harvey, Enrico Mattei, and T. H. White. After him are Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Francisco Ayala, Jørgen Juve, Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Virginia Hall, and Missak Manouchian. Among people deceased in 1977, Jim Thompson ranks 93. Before him are Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Zózimo, Pierre Clastres, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, and Henry Tandey. After him are Carl Zuckmayer, Sergei Kruglov, Pan Yuliang, Kōichi Kido, Sumitranandan Pant, and Nathan Homer Knorr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Thompson ranks 3,189 out of 18,182. Before him are Dick Wolf (1946), Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), Shannon Lee (1969), Leon Russom (1941), and Richard Lester (1932). After him are Gregg L. Semenza (1956), Joe Viterelli (1937), Anthony Edwards (1962), Richard Anderson (1926), Michael Stipe (1960), and Bobby Kimball (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jim Thompson ranks 282. Before him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), Henry Darger (1892), Paul Goodman (1911), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), John Barth (1930), and Neil Simon (1927). After him are Howard Fast (1914), Richard Wright (1908), John Zerzan (1943), William Peter Blatty (1928), Anne McCaffrey (1926), and Larry Niven (1938).

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