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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 821,431 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Patrick Shanley is the 5,824th most popular writer (down from 5,322nd in 2019), the 11,026th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,729th in 2019) and the 831st most popular American Writer.

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  • 820k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Patrick Shanley ranks 5,824 out of 5,755. Before him are Hanan al-Shaykh, David McCullough, John Arden, John Burroughs, H. R. F. Keating, and Dan Abnett. After him are Jaime Bayly, Brian Friel, Steven S. DeKnight, Akif Pirinçci, Frederica Sagor Maas, and Bernice Rubens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, John Patrick Shanley ranks 546. Before him are Laura Ziskin, George Nelson, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Masami Kuwashima, Deepa Mehta, and Chris Taylor. After him are Asa Hutchinson, Tim Keller, Gregory Harrison, Bob Kulick, David Johansen, and Blagoja Georgievski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Patrick Shanley ranks 11,026 out of 18,182. Before him are David Hyde Pierce (1959), Jessie Andrews (1992), Jim Bausch (1906), Lee Garmes (1898), Cathy Downs (1926), and Greg Vaughan (1973). After him are Alexandra Silk (1963), Vaughn Monroe (1911), Amber Tamblyn (1983), Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1878), Robert O'Brien (1908), and Steven S. DeKnight (1910).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Patrick Shanley ranks 831. Before him are Susan Glaspell (1876), George Saunders (1958), Tillie Olsen (1912), Tana French (1973), David McCullough (1933), and John Burroughs (1837). After him are Steven S. DeKnight (1910), Frederica Sagor Maas (1900), Dave Eggers (1970), S. E. Hinton (1948), Abby Mann (1927), and Ernest Cline (1972).

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