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Peter Benchley

1940 - 2006

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Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author. He is best known for his bestselling novel Jaws and co-wrote its movie adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Benchley has received more than 1,437,219 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Benchley is the 3,206th most popular writer (down from 1,607th in 2019), the 4,077th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,096th in 2019) and the 346th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Benchley ranks 3,206 out of 7,302. Before him are Ruben Sevak, Caspar Barlaeus, Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, Jim Carroll, and Maria Wirtemberska. After him are Imre Madách, Adam of Saint Victor, Corippus, Joan Brossa, Lady Caroline Lamb, and Nodira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Peter Benchley ranks 237. Before him are Gösta Pettersson, Yozhef Sabo, Jesús López Cobos, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Pharoah Sanders, and Bob Hewitt. After him are Charles T. Kowal, Mohammed Magariaf, Terry Dischinger, Jan Eliasson, John Mahoney, and Helmut Jahn. Among people deceased in 2006, Peter Benchley ranks 171. Before him are Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Maureen Stapleton, Maynard Ferguson, Gennadiy Aygi, and Desmond Dekker. After him are Mickey Spillane, Tadao Onishi, Andreas Katsulas, Peter Norman, Galina Ustvolskaya, and Vilgot Sjöman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Benchley ranks 4,077 out of 20,380. Before him are Yusef Lateef (1920), George Clinton (1941), Jim Carroll (1949), Kevin McCarthy (1914), Theodore Hall (1925), and Robert Prosky (1930). After him are Leonard Adleman (1945), George M. Dallas (1792), John Nance Garner (1868), Philip Bosco (1930), Ann Morgan Guilbert (1928), and Edward MacDowell (1860).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Peter Benchley ranks 346. Before him are Mike Mentzer (1951), Marianne Williamson (1952), Edward Gorey (1925), Henry Kuttner (1915), Anne Tyler (1941), and Jim Carroll (1949). After him are Hubert Selby Jr. (1928), Mickey Spillane (1918), Edward Bellamy (1850), Gregory Benford (1941), Willa Cather (1873), and Wallace Stevens (1879).

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