1922 - 1994
John Edward Williams (August 29, 1922 – March 3, 1994) was an American author, editor and professor. He was best known for his novels Butcher's Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965), and Augustus (1972), which won a U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Edward Williams has received more than 362,603 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John Edward Williams is the 2,186th most popular writer (down from 1,537th in 2019), the 2,833rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,894th in 2019) and the 256th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, John Edward Williams ranks 2,186 out of 5,755. Before him are Justus of Tiberias, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Movses Kaghankatvatsi, S. Ansky, Álvaro Mutis, and Irvine Welsh. After him are Nima Yooshij, Cassius Longinus, Cleitarchus, Annie M. G. Schmidt, Mak Dizdar, and Magnus Felix Ennodius.
35 - 100
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 2,180
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 2,181
900 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 2,182
1863 - 1920
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 2,183
1923 - 2013
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 2,184
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 2,185
1922 - 1994
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 2,186
1897 - 1960
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 2,187
213 - 273
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 2,188
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 2,189
1911 - 1995
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,190
1917 - 1971
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,191
473 - 521
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,192
Among people born in 1922, John Edward Williams ranks 149. Before him are Albert Lamorisse, Eileen Essell, Alexander Zinoviev, Clair Cameron Patterson, Gerda Steinhoff, and Margherita Hack. After him are Anatoli Papanov, Anker Jørgensen, Stanley Schachter, Dilip Kumar, Guy Thys, and Stephen Toulmin. Among people deceased in 1994, John Edward Williams ranks 108. Before him are Branko Mikulić, Wilma Rudolph, Enrique Líster, Max Morlock, Alexander Shelepin, and Joe Pass. After him are Mehmed Orhan, Heinz Rühmann, Manos Hatzidakis, Mario Brega, Christian-Jaque, and Zein Al-Sharaf Talal.
1922 - 1970
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 143
1922 - 2015
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 144
1922 - 2006
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 145
1922 - 1995
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 146
1922 - 1946
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 147
1922 - 2013
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 148
1922 - 1994
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 149
1922 - 1987
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 150
1922 - 2016
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 151
1922 - 1997
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 152
1922 - 2021
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 153
1922 - 2003
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 154
1922 - 2009
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 155
1928 - 1994
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 102
1940 - 1994
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 103
1907 - 1994
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 104
1925 - 1994
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 105
1918 - 1994
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 106
1929 - 1994
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 107
1922 - 1994
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 108
1909 - 1994
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 109
1902 - 1994
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 110
1925 - 1994
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 111
1923 - 1994
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 112
1904 - 1994
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 113
1916 - 1994
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 114
Among people born in United States, John Edward Williams ranks 2,833 out of 18,182. Before him are Fess Parker (1924), Mahershala Ali (1974), Trini Lopez (1937), Jack Dorsey (1976), Betty Grable (1916), and George Segal (1934). After him are Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979), Karen Black (1939), Frances E. Allen (1932), Lauren Hutton (1943), Morgan Robertson (1861), and Walton Walker (1889).
1924 - 2010
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 2,827
1974 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 2,828
1937 - 2020
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 2,829
1976 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 2,830
1916 - 1973
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 2,831
1934 - 2021
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 2,832
1922 - 1994
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 2,833
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 2,834
1939 - 2013
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,835
1932 - 2020
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,836
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,837
1861 - 1915
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 2,838
1889 - 1950
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 2,839
Among writers born in United States, John Edward Williams ranks 256. Before him are Flannery O'Connor (1925), Fritz Leiber (1910), Archibald Gracie IV (1858), Harold Bloom (1930), Suzanne Collins (1962), and Theodore Sturgeon (1918). After him are Morgan Robertson (1861), Ben Hecht (1893), Ivy Lee (1877), Margaret Fuller (1810), Richard Ford (1944), and John Kennedy Toole (1937).
1925 - 1964
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 250
1910 - 1992
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 251
1858 - 1912
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 252
1930 - 2019
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 253
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 254
1918 - 1985
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 255
1922 - 1994
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 256
1861 - 1915
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 257
1893 - 1964
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 258
1877 - 1934
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 259
1810 - 1850
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 260
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 261
1937 - 1969
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 262