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Peter Straub

1943 - 2022

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Peter Francis Straub (; March 2, 1943 – September 4, 2022) was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural fiction novels, among them Julia (1975), Ghost Story (1979) and The Talisman (1984), the latter co-written with Stephen King. He explored the mystery genre with the Blue Rose trilogy, consisting of Koko (1988), Mystery (1990) and The Throat (1993). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Straub has received more than 756,134 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Straub is the 3,847th most popular writer (down from 3,582nd in 2019), the 5,162nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,790th in 2019) and the 432nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 760k

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  • 49.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Straub ranks 3,847 out of 5,755. Before him are Maksim Tank, Raphael Holinshed, Innokenty Annensky, Mustai Karim, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, and Vassilis Alexakis. After him are Louis Paul Boon, Ida Vitale, Fernando del Paso, Tsubouchi Shōyō, Frik, and Françoise d'Eaubonne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Peter Straub ranks 336. Before him are António Simões, Lyudmila Bragina, Newt Gingrich, Mick Jackson, Donald Johanson, and Vassilis Alexakis. After him are Milan Máčala, Ted Neeley, Kenzo Yokoyama, John Lennox, Janet Margolin, and Yukio Kasaya. Among people deceased in 2022, Peter Straub ranks 245. Before him are Javier Lozano Barragán, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Maarten Schmidt, Shahabuddin Ahmed, Anatoly Alyabyev, and Herman Daly. After him are Eugene Parker, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Mino De Rossi, Birju Maharaj, André Wilms, and Jean Philippe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Straub ranks 5,162 out of 18,182. Before him are Mark Moses (1958), Blackie Lawless (1956), Martha Hyer (1924), Bradley Whitford (1959), Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912), and Betsy Blair (1923). After him are Quanah Parker (1845), Dennis Franz (1944), James Arness (1923), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Robert Cummings (1910), and Jim Davis (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Peter Straub ranks 432. Before him are Saul Alinsky (1909), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Bret Harte (1836), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), James Redfield (1950), and Aaron Sorkin (1961). After him are Paula Fox (1923), Nathanael West (1903), T. C. Boyle (1948), Ida B. Wells (1862), Mona Simpson (1957), and Leigh Brackett (1915).

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