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 323,467 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). John Edward Williams is the 1,538th most popular writer (up from 1,938th in 2019), the 1,895th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,300th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, John Edward Williams ranks 1,538 out of 5,794. Before him are Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Hélène Cixous, Robert Silverberg, Per Wahlöö, Josep Pla, and Alphonse Allais. After him are Viktor Suvorov, Edward Lear, Jules Romains, Trygve Gulbranssen, Valery Bryusov, and Rubem Fonseca.
1602 - 1665
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 1,532
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 1,533
1935 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 1,534
1926 - 1975
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 1,535
1897 - 1981
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 1,536
1854 - 1905
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 1,537
1922 - 1994
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,538
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,539
1812 - 1888
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,540
1885 - 1972
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,541
1894 - 1962
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,542
1873 - 1924
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,543
1925 - 2020
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 1,544
Among people born in 1922, John Edward Williams ranks 103. Before him are Leo Tindemans, Patrick Macnee, Guy Hamilton, Carlos Andrés Pérez, Clair Cameron Patterson, and Taro Kagawa. After him are Yvonne De Carlo, Eleanor Parker, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Rajko Mitić, Jonas Mekas, and Cyd Charisse. Among people deceased in 1994, John Edward Williams ranks 72. Before him are Joseph Cotten, Jeffrey Dahmer, Max Bill, Chung Il-kwon, Tengiz Abuladze, and Cab Calloway. After him are Clement Greenberg, Jacques Ellul, Luis Ocaña, Lionel Stander, Walter Lantz, and Johannes Steinhoff.
1922 - 2014
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 97
1922 - 2015
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 98
1922 - 2016
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 99
1922 - 2010
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 100
1922 - 1995
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 101
1922 - 1990
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 102
1922 - 1994
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 103
1922 - 2007
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 104
1922 - 2013
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 105
1922 - 2018
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 106
1922 - 2008
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 107
1922 - 2019
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 108
1922 - 2008
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 109
1905 - 1994
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 66
1960 - 1994
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 67
1908 - 1994
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 68
1917 - 1994
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 69
1924 - 1994
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 70
1907 - 1994
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 71
1922 - 1994
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 72
1909 - 1994
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 73
1912 - 1994
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 74
1945 - 1994
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 75
1908 - 1994
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 76
1899 - 1994
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 77
1913 - 1994
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 78
Among people born in United States, John Edward Williams ranks 1,895 out of 15,968. Before him are Albert R. Broccoli (1909), Robert Silverberg (1935), Charles Sweeney (1919), George Clinton (1739), Robby Krieger (1946), and Edward James Olmos (1947). After him are Katy Perry (1984), John Turturro (1957), Ellery Harding Clark (1874), Michael Biehn (1956), Tom Regan (1938), and Walter Mondale (1928).
1909 - 1996
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 1,889
1935 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 1,890
1919 - 2004
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 1,891
1739 - 1812
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 1,892
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 1,893
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 1,894
1922 - 1994
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,895
1984 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,896
1957 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,897
1874 - 1949
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,898
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,899
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,900
1928 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,901
Among writers born in United States, John Edward Williams ranks 182. Before him are Donald E. Westlake (1933), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Cornell Woolrich (1903), Elizabeth George (1949), and Robert Silverberg (1935). After him are Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), James Bond (1900), Rick Riordan (1964), Edmond Hamilton (1904), Lewis Mumford (1895), and Eugene Nida (1914).
1933 - 2008
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 176
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 177
1876 - 1972
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 178
1903 - 1968
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 179
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 180
1935 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 181
1922 - 1994
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 182
1930 - 1999
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 183
1900 - 1989
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 184
1964 - Present
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 185
1904 - 1977
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 186
1895 - 1990
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 187
1914 - 2011
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 188