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Paddy Chayefsky

1923 - 1981

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Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky (January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981) was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the only person to have won three solo Academy Awards for writing both adapted and original screenplays. He was one of the most renowned dramatists of the Golden Age of Television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paddy Chayefsky has received more than 1,172,764 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Paddy Chayefsky is the 5,231st most popular writer (down from 4,795th in 2019), the 8,165th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,631st in 2019) and the 653rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 44.10

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paddy Chayefsky ranks 5,231 out of 5,755. Before him are Zoltán Ambrus, Diana Der Hovanessian, Earl Derr Biggers, William Michael Rossetti, Gurdial Singh, and Barbara Ehrenreich. After him are Ágnes Gergely, Martín Luis Guzmán, Vsevolod Vishnevsky, Xosé María Díaz Castro, Darya Dontsova, and Daniel Tammet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Paddy Chayefsky ranks 350. Before him are Cesare Rubini, George Russell, Elizabeth Hawley, Raoul Bott, Sulamith Goldhaber, and John M. Allegro. After him are Joseph Keller, Vladimír Zábrodský, Armand Borel, Monica Lovinescu, Hedy Schlunegger, and Ron Flockhart. Among people deceased in 1981, Paddy Chayefsky ranks 204. Before him are Roy Cochran, Guy Butler, Carleton S. Coon, Wilfried Puis, Henry Eyring, and Gustaf Dyrssen. After him are Harry Warren, Big Walter Horton, Humberto Tomasina, Vera-Ellen, Jakob Bender, and Oumarou Ganda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paddy Chayefsky ranks 8,165 out of 18,182. Before him are John Armstrong Jr. (1758), Jimmy Garrison (1934), William H. McRaven (1955), Rita Gam (1927), Lamar Odom (1979), and Marc Wright (1890). After him are Robert Tarjan (1948), Marshall Allman (1984), Rhyno (1975), Helen Jacobs (1908), Oscar Olson (1878), and Warren Zevon (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Paddy Chayefsky ranks 653. Before him are Michael Shermer (1954), Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Robinson Jeffers (1887), Diana Der Hovanessian (1934), Earl Derr Biggers (1884), and Barbara Ehrenreich (1941). After him are Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), Rebecca Solnit (1961), Rick Warren (1954), Joe Hill (1972), Lin Carter (1930), and Kevin Kelly (1952).

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