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WRITER

R. A. Lafferty

1914 - 2002

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. A. Lafferty has received more than 199,969 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. R. A. Lafferty is the 4,655th most popular writer (up from 4,770th in 2019), the 6,655th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,522nd in 2019) and the 543rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, R. A. Lafferty ranks 4,655 out of 5,755. Before him are William Dean Howells, Katarina Frostenson, Zig Ziglar, Jean Cau, Jan van Beers, and Russell Banks. After him are Marcel Boulenger, Abaz Arslanagić, Michel Tremblay, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Terenci Moix, and Raymond Abellio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, R. A. Lafferty ranks 253. Before him are Viljo Heino, Oscar Heisserer, William Castle, Jo Cals, Elfriede Kaun, and Julián Marías. After him are Jack LaLanne, Kaisa Parviainen, Hamo Sahyan, Alan Bullock, Peter Whitehead, and Hermann Pilnik. Among people deceased in 2002, R. A. Lafferty ranks 215. Before him are Damon Knight, R. M. Hare, Lotfia Elnadi, William Luther Pierce, Barry Foster, and Neal E. Miller. After him are Eddie Meduza, Kevin Smith, Kakhi Asatiani, Kaisa Parviainen, Daniel Pearl, and Ekrem Akurgal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, R. A. Lafferty ranks 6,655 out of 18,182. Before him are John Hinckley Jr. (1955), Jean Bartik (1924), Richard Herd (1932), Michael Beck (1949), Oliver Nelson (1932), and Russell Banks (1940). After him are David Tudor (1926), Busby Berkeley (1895), Katherine Moennig (1977), Chrissy Teigen (1985), Ryan Eggold (1984), and J. William Fulbright (1905).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, R. A. Lafferty ranks 543. Before him are Patrick Rothfuss (1973), Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923), Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863), William Dean Howells (1837), Zig Ziglar (1926), and Russell Banks (1940). After him are Ann Druyan (1949), Steven Millhauser (1943), Bill O'Reilly (1949), Ben Bova (1932), Richard Russo (1949), and David Peoples (1940).

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