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Paul Gallico

1897 - 1976

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Paul William Gallico (July 26, 1897 – July 15, 1976) was an American novelist and short story and sports writer. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictures. He is perhaps best remembered for The Snow Goose, his most critically successful book, for the novel The Poseidon Adventure, primarily through the 1972 film adaptation, and for four novels about the beloved character of Mrs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Gallico has received more than 457,856 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Paul Gallico is the 2,758th most popular writer (down from 2,584th in 2019), the 3,602nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,311th in 2019) and the 323rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 460k

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  • 52.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Gallico ranks 2,758 out of 5,755. Before him are Gerard Reve, Étienne Pivert de Senancour, Krishna Sobti, Julius Pomponius Laetus, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, and Jeff Lindsay. After him are Luis Cernuda, Yuan Mei, L. Sprague de Camp, Thomas of Britain, Kamo no Chōmei, and Ludwig Rellstab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Paul Gallico ranks 145. Before him are John Bagot Glubb, Natacha Rambova, Lepke Buchalter, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Husni al-Za'im, and Manlio Brosio. After him are Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Zhang Guotao, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Ben-Haim, and Levon Mirzoyan. Among people deceased in 1976, Paul Gallico ranks 104. Before him are Alexander Novikov, Wilhelm Marschall, Evert Taube, Mikhail Katukov, Grégoire Kayibanda, and Rudolph Minkowski. After him are Werner March, Zdeněk Fierlinger, Pyotr Koshevoy, Yakov Zak, Rosalind Russell, and Angelo Iachino.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Gallico ranks 3,602 out of 18,182. Before him are Philip Kaufman (1936), Vernor Vinge (1944), Mariska Hargitay (1964), Big Mama Thornton (1926), Jeff Lindsay (1952), and Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944). After him are Spotted Elk (1826), Linda Fiorentino (1958), Frederic Forrest (1936), Leon Spinks (1953), Michael Winslow (1958), and Ethel Kennedy (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Paul Gallico ranks 323. Before him are Brian Herbert (1947), Syd Field (1935), Richard Bandler (1950), Hal Clement (1922), Joyce Meyer (1943), and Jeff Lindsay (1952). After him are L. Sprague de Camp (1907), R. A. Salvatore (1959), Henry Kuttner (1915), David Eddings (1931), Laura Bridgman (1829), and Alice B. Toklas (1877).

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