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Michael Blake

1945 - 2015

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Michael Lennox Blake (July 5, 1945 – May 2, 2015) was an American author, best known for the film adaptation of his novel Dances with Wolves, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Blake has received more than 13,337 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Blake is the 5,414th most popular writer (down from 4,784th in 2019), the 8,810th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,588th in 2019) and the 692nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 13k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Blake ranks 5,414 out of 5,755Before him are Éva Janikovszky, Joe Orton, Kalliroi Parren, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Léon Frapié, and Robert Sabatier. After him are Rolf Jacobsen, Robert E. Sherwood, Winston Churchill, Marmaduke Pickthall, Samuel Benchetrit, and Timur Vermes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Michael Blake ranks 459Before him are Anthony Braxton, Mohammed Hazzaz, Ian McLagan, Aldo Poy, Gadzhi Gadzhiyev, and Luciano Castellini. After him are George Pataki, Peder Pedersen, Manuel Chaves, Katya Paskaleva, Surekha Sikri, and Carl Anderson. Among people deceased in 2015, Michael Blake ranks 360Before him are Kenji Goto, Coleen Gray, Dominique Dropsy, Ernst Larsen, Martin Litchfield West, and Loris Campana. After him are Robert Spitzer, Peder Pedersen, Francis George, Toller Cranston, Joan Leslie, and Alberto Cardaccio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Blake ranks 8,810 out of 18,182Before him are Adam Savage (1967), Barbara Askins (1939), Ira Murchison (1933), Rex Brown (1964), Edmonia Lewis (1844), and Suzy Parker (1932). After him are Jerry Wexler (1917), Sammy Lee (1920), Tina Knowles (1954), Garrett Morris (1937), Bill Hicks (1961), and Robert E. Sherwood (1896).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Michael Blake ranks 692Before him are Diane Ackerman (1948), Kevin J. Anderson (1962), Edward Abbey (1927), M. Scott Peck (1936), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), and Max Eastman (1883). After him are Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Winston Churchill (1871), Akiva Goldsman (1962), Whittaker Chambers (1901), Robin Morgan (1941), and Robert B. Sherman (1925).