WRITER

Leigh Brackett

1915 - 1978

Photo of Leigh Brackett

Icon of person Leigh Brackett

Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 24, 1978) was an American author and screenwriter. Nicknamed "the Queen of Space Opera," she was one of the most prominent female writers during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. As a screenwriter, she was best known for her collaborations with director Howard Hawks, mainly writing Westerns and crime films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leigh Brackett has received more than 784,680 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Leigh Brackett is the 4,183rd most popular writer (down from 3,893rd in 2019), the 5,527th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,250th in 2019) and the 449th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 780k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leigh Brackett ranks 4,183 out of 7,302. Before her are Philoxenus of Mabbug, Lydia Chukovskaya, Sahar Khalifeh, Rachid Boudjedra, Miyamoto Yuriko, and René Depestre. After her are Louise Erdrich, William Langland, Sonny Barger, Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, Frans Michael Franzén, and Almudena Grandes.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Leigh Brackett ranks 165. Before her are Wee Kim Wee, Alykul Osmonov, Garrett Hardin, Hasse Ekman, Derek Prince, and Edmond Leburton. After her are Alan Lomax, Julio César Méndez Montenegro, Harry Morgan, John C. Lilly, Ann Sheridan, and Kenneth Arnold. Among people deceased in 1978, Leigh Brackett ranks 155. Before her are Theo Lingen, Kathleen Kenyon, Zenta Mauriņa, Gordon Matta-Clark, Alfred Müller-Armack, and Eric Frank Russell. After her are Léon Damas, Mary Blair, Theodor Tolsdorff, Duncan Grant, Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi, and Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev.

Others Born in 1915

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1978

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Leigh Brackett ranks 5,527 out of 20,380. Before her are John Mellencamp (1951), Randy Jackson (1961), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), Frank Thomas (1912), Peggy Whitson (1960), and Raoul Trujillo (1955). After her are Louise Erdrich (1954), Wallace Clement Sabine (1868), Tammy Wynette (1942), Billy Cox (1939), Sonny Barger (1938), and Lee Falk (1911).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Leigh Brackett ranks 449. Before her are Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906), Kathy Acker (1947), Glen A. Larson (1937), Nicholas Pileggi (1933), Hart Crane (1899), and Conrad Aiken (1889). After her are Louise Erdrich (1954), Sonny Barger (1938), Ida B. Wells (1862), Theodore Roszak (1933), Charlaine Harris (1951), and Erica Jong (1942).

American born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous