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John Patrick Shanley

1950 - Today

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John Patrick Shanley (born October 13, 1950) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Moonstruck. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Patrick Shanley has received more than 890,922 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). John Patrick Shanley is the 6,612th most popular writer (down from 5,802nd in 2019), the 12,961st most popular biography from United States (down from 11,001st in 2019) and the 945th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Patrick Shanley ranks 6,612 out of 7,302. Before him are Sayaka Murata, Sarah Josepha Hale, Paolo Bacigalupi, Ann C. Crispin, Dulce Chacón, and Nat Hentoff. After him are Alan Dundes, Ingo Schulze, Parveen Shakir, Melissa Rosenberg, Nagaru Tanigawa, and Ananda Devi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, John Patrick Shanley ranks 681. Before him are Jørgen Marcussen, Joanna Gleason, Raffaele Lombardo, Ramon Solsona i Sancho, Hafiz Saeed, and Ann C. Crispin. After him are Anthony Grafton, Mary Pat Gleason, Scooter Libby, Bärbel Struppert, Lobilo Boba, and Gábor Csapó.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Patrick Shanley ranks 12,961 out of 20,380. Before him are Ruth Etting (1896), Andy Ruiz Jr. (1989), Gary Rydstrom (1959), Crystal Gayle (1951), Robb Flynn (1967), and Amanda Peterson (1971). After him are Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747), Alan Dundes (1934), Alex Skolnick (1968), Eva Amurri (1985), Linda M. Godwin (1952), and Joel Gretsch (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Patrick Shanley ranks 945. Before him are Steven S. DeKnight (1910), Paul Dini (1957), Sarah Josepha Hale (1788), Paolo Bacigalupi (1972), Ann C. Crispin (1950), and Nat Hentoff (1925). After him are Alan Dundes (1934), Melissa Rosenberg (1962), Philip Freneau (1752), David Sedaris (1956), Frederica Sagor Maas (1900), and Neil Strauss (1969).

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