WRITER

Pat Conroy

1945 - 2016

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Donald Patrick Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs; his books The Water is Wide, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini were made into films, the last two being nominated for Oscars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pat Conroy has received more than 1,475,306 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Pat Conroy is the 6,338th most popular writer (down from 5,882nd in 2019), the 11,472nd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,529th in 2019) and the 841st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pat Conroy ranks 6,338 out of 7,302. Before him are Stella Gibbons, Alberto Dines, Veronica Roth, Bill Prady, Kathleen Raine, and Brian Friel. After him are Angie Sage, Dominique Bona, Damon Galgut, Arthur Kopit, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and Elizabeth Moon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Pat Conroy ranks 616. Before him are Mike Garson, Daniel Rudisha, Pipo Rodríguez, Herman Cain, Aparna Sen, and Gülsün Sağlamer. After him are Surekha Sikri, Walden Bello, Elizabeth Moon, Leonardo Véliz, Raúl Rivero, and Winston Peters. Among people deceased in 2016, Pat Conroy ranks 529. Before him are Alfonso Portugal, Sándor Csoóri, Johnny Rebel, Wiesław Rudkowski, Engelbert Kraus, and Elizaveta Glinka. After him are Eddie Keizan, Tyrus Wong, Klaus Siebert, Zyta Gilowska, Sammy Lee, and Balram Jakhar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pat Conroy ranks 11,472 out of 20,380. Before him are Charlotte Mineau (1886), Daws Butler (1916), Christopher Masterson (1980), Robert O'Brien (1908), Dale Crover (1967), and Drew Fuller (1980). After him are Andy Dick (1965), Rod Milburn (1950), Sepp Kuss (1994), Mary Ritter Beard (1876), Hank Ballard (1927), and Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Pat Conroy ranks 841. Before him are Alyson Noël (1965), Naomi Wolf (1962), Richard Wilbur (1921), Terry Southern (1924), Veronica Roth (1988), and Bill Prady (1960). After him are Arthur Kopit (1937), Elizabeth Moon (1945), Oscar Hijuelos (1951), Ann Coulter (1961), Mark Boal (1973), and Chris Hedges (1956).

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