WRITER

Octavia E. Butler

1947 - 2006

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Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer who won several awards for her works, including Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Born in Pasadena, California, Butler was raised by her widowed mother. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Octavia E. Butler has received more than 3,982,964 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Octavia E. Butler is the 3,474th most popular writer (up from 3,579th in 2019), the 4,445th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,740th in 2019) and the 369th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Octavia E. Butler ranks 3,474 out of 7,302. Before her are Merab Kostava, Yu Kil-chun, Castor of Rhodes, Olena Pchilka, Johannes Ewald, and Arnošt Lustig. After her are Alain Chartier, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Solomon Alkabetz, Bat Ye'or, Misuzu Kaneko, and Moritz Steinschneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Octavia E. Butler ranks 324. Before her are Tim Matheson, Kiki Dee, Robert M. Parker Jr., Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Maria del Mar Bonet, and Elena Belova. After her are Horst Blankenburg, Anny Duperey, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Betty Buckley, Giancarlo Minardi, and Julien Clerc. Among people deceased in 2006, Octavia E. Butler ranks 180. Before her are Andreas Katsulas, Peter Norman, Galina Ustvolskaya, Vilgot Sjöman, Hugh Thompson Jr., and Mohammad Yunus Khalis. After her are Daniel Schmid, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Jurij Brězan, Leon Niemczyk, Akira Ifukube, and Kent Andersson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Octavia E. Butler ranks 4,445 out of 20,380. Before her are Diahann Carroll (1935), Kevin McCarthy (1965), Steve Zahn (1967), David Chase (1945), Tom Brady (1977), and Barry Sonnenfeld (1953). After her are Peter Krause (1965), Charley Patton (1891), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), June Squibb (1929), Alvin Ailey (1931), and Dennis Franz (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Octavia E. Butler ranks 369. Before her are Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Peter Straub (1943), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), Bell hooks (1952), and H.D. (1886). After her are Gary Snyder (1930), Jonathan Littell (1967), Jeff Lindsay (1952), Dennis Lehane (1965), Adrienne Rich (1929), and Sara Teasdale (1884).

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