WRITER

Michael Cunningham

1952 - Today

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Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Cunningham has received more than 511,788 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Michael Cunningham is the 2,663rd most popular writer (down from 1,991st in 2019), the 3,379th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,607th in 2019) and the 293rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Cunningham ranks 2,663 out of 7,302Before him are William Goldman, Jim Corbett, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Valentin Rasputin, Béla Király, and Gustav Schwab. After him are Petrus Comestor, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Amalie Skram, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, and Lupus Servatus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Michael Cunningham ranks 177Before him are Semyon Bychkov, David Knopfler, Alfre Woodard, Ulrich Seidl, Péter Erdő, and Krystyna Janda. After him are Vasco Rossi, Freddy Maertens, Harold Faltermeyer, Vinnie Vincent, Ricardo Martinelli, and David Byrne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Cunningham ranks 3,379 out of 20,380Before him are Michael Stipe (1960), William Goldman (1931), Alec John Such (1951), Ric Ocasek (1949), Michael Buffer (1944), and Adolphe Menjou (1890). After him are David Riesman (1909), Josh Hartnett (1978), Mariska Hargitay (1964), Matthew Fox (1966), Evel Knievel (1938), and Douglas Tompkins (1943).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Michael Cunningham ranks 293Before him are Neil Simon (1927), Orson Scott Card (1951), Eric Carle (1929), Richard Bandler (1950), John Cheever (1912), and William Goldman (1931). After him are Harlan Ellison (1934), Alex Haley (1921), Horace McCoy (1897), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), Henry Darger (1892), and Eric Roth (1945).