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Kate Wilhelm

1928 - 2018

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Kate Wilhelm (June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018) was an American author. She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the Hugo Award–winning Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kate Wilhelm has received more than 179,106 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Kate Wilhelm is the 5,646th most popular writer (down from 5,046th in 2019), the 8,581st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,594th in 2019) and the 661st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kate Wilhelm ranks 5,646 out of 7,302. Before her are Masih Alinejad, Eugène Dabit, Zitkala-Sa, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Michael Scott, and Carsten Jensen. After her are George William Russell, Herman Teirlinck, MacKenzie Scott, Hanif Kureishi, Peter Wohlleben, and William Blum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Kate Wilhelm ranks 473. Before her are Barbara Ann Scott, Boris Kuznetsov, Laurus Škurla, Judith Krantz, Peter Taylor, and Jorma Valkama. After her are Joseph Kruskal, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Buddy Van Horn, José Antonio Roca, Andrés Prieto, and Břetislav Dolejší. Among people deceased in 2018, Kate Wilhelm ranks 404. Before her are Tadeusz Kraus, Apisai Ielemia, Ricky Jay, Cliff Bourland, Irina Beglyakova, and David Goodall. After her are Alfredo del Águila, William Blum, Milunka Lazarević, Daniel Robin, Joseph Polchinski, and Aleksei Paramonov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kate Wilhelm ranks 8,581 out of 20,380. Before her are Alice Calhoun (1900), Miriam A. Ferguson (1875), Marston Morse (1892), Orrin Hatch (1934), Jerry L. Ross (1948), and Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816). After her are Sly Stone (1943), Abby Dalton (1932), Doug Aldrich (1964), Sofia Carson (1993), MacKenzie Scott (1970), and Fat Joe (1970).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Kate Wilhelm ranks 661. Before her are David Benioff (1970), Max Eastman (1883), Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), Karin Slaughter (1971), Zitkala-Sa (1876), and Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869). After her are MacKenzie Scott (1970), William Blum (1933), Michael Shermer (1954), Kevin Kelly (1952), Edmund White (1940), and Alison Lurie (1926).

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