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Leon Uris

1924 - 2003

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Leon Marcus Uris (August 3, 1924 – June 21, 2003) was an American author of historical fiction who wrote many bestselling books, including Exodus (published in 1958) and Trinity (published in 1976). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leon Uris has received more than 1,062,370 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Leon Uris is the 792nd most popular writer (up from 2,803rd in 2019), the 892nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,680th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Writer.

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  • 68.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leon Uris ranks 792 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodore Beza, Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, Tao Yuanming, Jin Yong, Marie Mancini, and Wilhelm Hauff. After him are Georges Bernanos, Marie d'Agoult, Alexander Litvinenko, Cesare Pavese, Ibycus, and Colleen McCullough.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Leon Uris ranks 42. Before him are Lys Assia, Amílcar Cabral, Christopher Tolkien, Dmitry Yazov, Antony Hewish, and Jin Yong. After him are John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Karmapa, Ed Wood, Luigi Nono, Roberto Eduardo Viola, and Allan MacLeod Cormack. Among people deceased in 2003, Leon Uris ranks 32. Before him are Frederick Chapman Robbins, Bernard Katz, Helmut Rahn, Isser Harel, Alberto Sordi, and Compay Segundo. After him are Franco Modigliani, Richard Crenna, Leslie Cheung, Bertram Brockhouse, Nǃxau ǂToma, and Celia Cruz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leon Uris ranks 892 out of 20,380. Before him are Winona Ryder (1971), Dizzy Gillespie (1917), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), Carole Lombard (1908), John Holmes (1944), and Courteney Cox (1964). After him are Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), William Hanna (1910), Hermann Joseph Muller (1890), Irving Fisher (1867), Magic Johnson (1959), and Maya Angelou (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Leon Uris ranks 84. Before him are John Dos Passos (1896), Robert Ludlum (1927), Thomas Harris (1940), Neal Cassady (1926), Sinclair Lewis (1885), and Raymond Carver (1938). After him are Maya Angelou (1928), Daniel Keyes (1927), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), John Fante (1909), Ambrose Bierce (1842), and Dashiell Hammett (1894).

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