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Ring Lardner

1885 - 1933

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Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. His contemporaries—Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, and F. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ring Lardner has received more than 463,868 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ring Lardner is the 5,397th most popular writer (down from 4,889th in 2019), the 7,966th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,195th in 2019) and the 615th most popular American Writer.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ring Lardner ranks 5,397 out of 7,302. Before him are László Németh, Karim Rashid, Roland Dorgelès, Jorge Icaza Coronel, Adolf Bartels, and Marie Belloc Lowndes. After him are Aya Kitō, Elizabeth Hawley, José Carlos Somoza, John Connolly, William Harrison Ainsworth, and Henry Roth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Ring Lardner ranks 220. Before him are Georgina de Albuquerque, Aldo Palazzeschi, Prudencia Ayala, Stith Thompson, Roland Dorgelès, and George Fitzmaurice. After him are Aquilino Ribeiro, Artur Lemba, John Beazley, Leonard Peterson, Dale Fuller, and Caius Welcker. Among people deceased in 1933, Ring Lardner ranks 129. Before him are Anna Brigadere, John Arthur Jarvis, Achille Paroche, Ismael Montes, Ahmet Haşim, and Stasys Girėnas. After him are Albert Champoudry, Johann Berger, Johannes Schmidt, Ğäliäsğar Kamal, Gustavo Jiménez, and John Joly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ring Lardner ranks 7,966 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Dorff (1973), Dion DiMucci (1939), Marcus Loew (1870), Charles Homer Haskins (1870), Richard Herd (1932), and Melinda Clarke (1969). After him are Dennis Christopher (1955), Jeff Garlin (1962), Elizabeth Hawley (1923), Corey Stoll (1976), Armand Duplantis (1999), and Billie Eilish (2001).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ring Lardner ranks 615. Before him are David S. Goyer (1965), Tom Peters (1942), Jane Bowles (1917), John Gardner (1933), Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908), and Roderick Thorp (1936). After him are Elizabeth Hawley (1923), Kristin Hannah (1960), Fred Saberhagen (1930), Paddy Chayefsky (1923), Nancy Kress (1948), and Bill O'Reilly (1949).

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