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Larry McMurtry

1936 - 2021

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Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry McMurtry has received more than 1,914,704 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Larry McMurtry is the 4,734th most popular writer (up from 4,907th in 2019), the 6,851st most popular biography from United States (up from 8,111th in 2019) and the 551st most popular American Writer.

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  • 46.16

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Larry McMurtry ranks 4,734 out of 5,755. Before him are Reginald Rose, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Art Buchwald, Aneirin, Henri Bosco, and Stephen Hunter. After him are Ælfric of Eynsham, Richard Pococke, Kim Myeong-sun, Åsa Larsson, E. Marlitt, and Duygu Asena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Larry McMurtry ranks 370. Before him are Míriam Colón, Ashley Cooper, C. Gordon Fullerton, Pen Sovan, Carlos Mota Pinto, and Abraham Lempel. After him are Martin Gilbert, Oreste Corbatta, Renato Corti, Ben Pon, Harold Budd, and John P. Ryan. Among people deceased in 2021, Larry McMurtry ranks 478. Before him are Chris Craft, Moufida Tlatli, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Ray Kennedy, Raymond T. Odierno, and Gavin MacLeod. After him are Bruce Kirby, Pyotr Mamonov, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Roger Michell, Shlomo Hillel, and Peter Lorimer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry McMurtry ranks 6,851 out of 18,182. Before him are Art Buchwald (1925), John Schneider (1960), Rebecca Miller (1962), Alan Hovhaness (1911), Stephen Hunter (1946), and Randy Johnson (1963). After him are William Stevenson (1900), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), Mildred Gillars (1900), Theodore Freeman (1930), Charles R. Knight (1874), and Gil Birmingham (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Larry McMurtry ranks 551. Before him are Daniel Pearl (1963), Joanna Russ (1937), Richard Scarry (1919), Reginald Rose (1920), Art Buchwald (1925), and Stephen Hunter (1946). After him are Mark Frost (1953), Anna Katharine Green (1846), Jacqueline Susann (1918), Michael Lewis (1960), John Holt (1923), and Sara Paretsky (1947).

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