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Nora Ephron

1941 - 2012

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Nora Ephron ( EF-rən; May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing romantic comedy films and received numerous accolades including a British Academy Film Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award and three Writers Guild of America Awards. Ephron started her career writing the screenplays for Silkwood (1983), Heartburn (1986), and When Harry Met Sally... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nora Ephron has received more than 6,549,465 page views. Her biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Nora Ephron is the 1,896th most popular writer (down from 1,892nd in 2019), the 2,398th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,445th in 2019) and the 213th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nora Ephron ranks 1,896 out of 7,302. Before her are Handrij Zejler, Henrik Wergeland, Uri Orlev, Brian Aldiss, Augustin Barruel, and Valery Bryusov. After her are Begum Rokeya, Colin Wilson, Luis de León, José de Espronceda, Voltairine de Cleyre, and Erinna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Nora Ephron ranks 151. Before her are Fabio Testi, George Lakoff, Sergei Dovlatov, Andrei Mironov, David Hemmings, and Myron Scholes. After her are Fionnula Flanagan, Salvatore Accardo, Élisabeth Depardieu, Paavo Lipponen, Bruce Nauman, and Luis Alberto Lacalle. Among people deceased in 2012, Nora Ephron ranks 101. Before her are Manuel Fraga, Vidal Sassoon, Włodzimierz Smolarek, Alfred Schmidt, Lina Romay, and Andy Williams. After her are Carlo Maria Martini, Scott McKenzie, Gitta Sereny, Charles Durning, Félix Miélli Venerando, and Svetozar Gligorić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nora Ephron ranks 2,398 out of 20,380. Before her are Robin Tunney (1972), Don Cheadle (1964), Wilma Rudolph (1940), John Connally (1917), Sam Rockwell (1968), and Katey Sagal (1954). After her are Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), Danny Elfman (1953), Chris Evans (1981), Robert Brout (1928), Scott McKenzie (1939), and Ed Sullivan (1901).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nora Ephron ranks 213. Before her are William Moulton Marston (1893), Paul Goodman (1911), James Ellroy (1948), Johnston McCulley (1883), Chuck Palahniuk (1962), and Shirley Jackson (1916). After her are Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Robert James Waller (1939), Nicholas Sparks (1965), Jane Jacobs (1916), and Eugene Nida (1914).

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