WRITER

Mario Puzo

1920 - 1999

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Mario Francis Puzo (; Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈputtso, -ddzo]; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and for Part II in 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mario Puzo has received more than 4,130,130 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Mario Puzo is the 364th most popular writer (down from 311th in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from United States (down from 290th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Writer.

Mario Puzo is most famous for his novel The Godfather, which was made into a movie by Francis Ford Coppola.

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  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mario Puzo ranks 364 out of 7,302. Before him are James Fenimore Cooper, Jorge Amado, Margaret Mitchell, Christine de Pizan, Ian Fleming, and Mahmoud Darwish. After him are Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Paul Auster, Jo Nesbø, Alphonse de Lamartine, Ennius, and Octavio Paz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Mario Puzo ranks 12. Before him are Rosalind Franklin, Toshiro Mifune, Ray Bradbury, Farouk of Egypt, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, and Paul Celan. After him are Owen Chamberlain, Melina Mercouri, Gianni Rodari, Frank Herbert, Amália Rodrigues, and Boris Vian. Among people deceased in 1999, Mario Puzo ranks 7. Before him are Stanley Kubrick, Hassan II of Morocco, Scatman John, Franjo Tuđman, Pete Conrad, and Hussein of Jordan. After him are Gertrude B. Elion, Joaquín Rodrigo, Amália Rodrigues, Wilt Chamberlain, Yehudi Menuhin, and Anatoliy Solovianenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mario Puzo ranks 343 out of 20,380. Before him are Christopher Walken (1943), Jared Leto (1971), John Stith Pemberton (1831), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), Margaret Mitchell (1900), and Geraldine Chaplin (1944). After him are Sharon Stone (1958), Gertrude B. Elion (1918), Calvin Klein (1942), Paul Auster (1947), John Cage (1912), and Julia Roberts (1967).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mario Puzo ranks 32. Before him are David Woodard (1964), Henry Miller (1891), Ezra Pound (1885), Louise Glück (1943), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), and Margaret Mitchell (1900). After him are Paul Auster (1947), O. Henry (1862), Raymond Chandler (1888), Henry James (1843), Dan Brown (1964), and Sylvia Plath (1932).

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