1923 - 2007
Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning over six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II.His novel The Naked and the Dead was published in 1948 and brought him early renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel Armies of the Night won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the National Book Award. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Mailer has received more than 3,559,604 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Norman Mailer is the 1,360th most popular writer (down from 1,248th in 2019), the 1,722nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,470th in 2019) and the 166th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Norman Mailer ranks 1,360 out of 5,755. Before him are Sharafkhan Bidlisi, James Oliver Curwood, Ubertino of Casale, Adam de la Halle, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, and Edward Albee. After him are Diana Gabaldon, Callinus, Oribasius, Maryse Condé, Sławomir Mrożek, and Laonikos Chalkokondyles.
1543 - 1603
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,354
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,355
1259 - 1330
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,356
1245 - 1288
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,357
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,358
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 1,359
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 1,360
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,361
680 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,362
325 - 403
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,363
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 1,364
1930 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 1,365
1423 - 1490
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 1,366
Among people born in 1923, Norman Mailer ranks 67. Before him are Chuck Yeager, Hank Williams, Stig Dagerman, Bert Trautmann, Chaleo Yoovidhya, and Victoria de los Ángeles. After him are Reinhart Koselleck, Richard Avedon, Lloyd Shapley, Leonid Gaidai, Ernest Mandel, and André Gorz. Among people deceased in 2007, Norman Mailer ranks 55. Before him are Colin McRae, Ian Smith, Robert Adler, Magda Szabó, Sol LeWitt, and John Backus. After him are Taha Yassin Ramadan, Jupp Derwall, Anna Nicole Smith, Mary Douglas, Jean-Pierre Vernant, and André Gorz.
1923 - 2020
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 61
1923 - 1953
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 62
1923 - 1954
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 63
1923 - 2013
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 64
1923 - 2012
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 65
1923 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 66
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 67
1923 - 2006
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 68
1923 - 2004
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 69
1923 - 2016
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 70
1923 - 1993
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 71
1923 - 1995
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 72
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 73
1968 - 2007
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 49
1919 - 2007
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 50
1913 - 2007
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 51
1917 - 2007
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 52
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 53
1924 - 2007
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 54
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 55
1938 - 2007
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 56
1927 - 2007
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 57
1967 - 2007
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 58
1921 - 2007
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 59
1914 - 2007
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 60
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 61
Among people born in United States, Norman Mailer ranks 1,722 out of 18,182. Before him are Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Edward Albee (1928), A. L. Kroeber (1876), Angela Bassett (1958), Joe Jackson (1928), and Eva Mendes (1974). After him are Stephen Jay Gould (1941), Juliet Anderson (1938), Diana Gabaldon (1952), Patrick Dempsey (1966), Roger Ebert (1942), and Count Basie (1904).
1912 - 1989
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 1,716
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 1,717
1876 - 1960
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 1,718
1958 - Present
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 1,719
1928 - 2018
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 1,720
1974 - Present
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 1,721
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 1,722
1941 - 2002
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,723
1938 - 2010
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,724
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,725
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,726
1942 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 1,727
1904 - 1984
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,728
Among writers born in United States, Norman Mailer ranks 166. Before him are Robert Bloch (1917), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), William Styron (1925), Samuel R. Delany (1942), James Oliver Curwood (1878), and Edward Albee (1928). After him are Diana Gabaldon (1952), James Patterson (1947), Thornton Wilder (1897), Martin Gardner (1914), Ida Tarbell (1857), and Ira Levin (1929).
1917 - 1994
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 160
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 161
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 162
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 163
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 164
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 165
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 166
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 167
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 168
1897 - 1975
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 169
1914 - 2010
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 170
1857 - 1944
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 171
1929 - 2007
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 172