WRITER

Rod Serling

1924 - 1975

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Rodman Edward Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter and television producer best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his anthology television series The Twilight Zone. Serling was active in politics, both on and off the screen, and helped form television industry standards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rod Serling has received more than 6,836,648 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Rod Serling is the 4,725th most popular writer (down from 4,236th in 2019), the 6,418th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,816th in 2019) and the 517th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rod Serling ranks 4,725 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert B. Parker, Sanchuniathon, Cordwainer Smith, Michael Frayn, Edith Sitwell, and Dmitry Glukhovsky. After him are Manuel Bandeira, Fyodor Abramov, Rosa Sensat, William Tenn, Brian Lumley, and Robert Menasse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rod Serling ranks 319. Before him are Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Priscilla Pointer, Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Freddie Bartholomew, David Cox, and Jane Greer. After him are Russell M. Nelson, Bobo Brazil, Pablo Birger, Rudy Van Gelder, Ferdinando Terruzzi, and Peter Scholl-Latour. Among people deceased in 1975, Rod Serling ranks 182. Before him are Fritz Wotruba, Ernst Alexanderson, Bas Jan Ader, Max Gluckman, Piero Dusio, and Syed Nazrul Islam. After him are Valeri Popenchenko, Benjamin Jekhowsky, Nilo Murtinho Braga, Boris Babochkin, Marc Wright, and Carl O. Sauer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rod Serling ranks 6,418 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Keltner (1942), Cordwainer Smith (1913), Jack Coleman (1958), Jakob Dylan (1969), Randy Brecker (1945), and Leonard Warren (1911). After him are Dominique Dunne (1959), Deirdre McCloskey (1942), James J. Jeffries (1875), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Bob Bondurant (1933), and Bill Sharman (1926).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Rod Serling ranks 517. Before him are Bo Goldman (1932), Helene Hanff (1916), Shel Silverstein (1930), Saul Alinsky (1909), Robert B. Parker (1932), and Cordwainer Smith (1913). After him are Damon Knight (1922), Aaron Sorkin (1961), Jacqueline Susann (1918), James Salter (1925), Robert Ettinger (1918), and Sue Grafton (1940).

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