1943 - 2017
Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American actor, playwright, author, director and screenwriter whose career spanned half a century. He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Shepard has received more than 13,207,681 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Sam Shepard is the 833rd most popular writer (up from 1,112th in 2019), the 974th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,272nd in 2019) and the 97th most popular American Writer.
Sam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and author. He is most famous for his plays "Buried Child" and "True West."
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Among writers, Sam Shepard ranks 833 out of 5,755. Before him are Madame Roland, Ian McEwan, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Edgar Wallace, and Thomas Pynchon. After him are Matilde Camus, Theodore Beza, Odysseas Elytis, Antonio Tabucchi, Annie Ernaux, and L. Frank Baum.
1754 - 1793
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 827
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 828
1724 - 1803
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 829
1813 - 1851
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 830
1875 - 1932
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 831
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 832
1943 - 2017
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 833
1919 - 2012
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 834
1519 - 1605
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 835
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 836
1943 - 2012
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 837
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 838
1856 - 1919
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 839
Among people born in 1943, Sam Shepard ranks 60. Before him are Roy Andersson, Klaus von Klitzing, Hanna Schygulla, Mario Monti, Neale Donald Walsch, and Mario Botta. After him are Antonio Tabucchi, Joni Mitchell, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, John Denver, and Eduard Limonov. Among people deceased in 2017, Sam Shepard ranks 46. Before him are Malcolm Young, Liliane Bettencourt, Al Jarreau, Peter L. Berger, Adnan Khashoggi, and John Surtees. After him are Jean Rochefort, Emma Morano, Chester Bennington, Mauno Koivisto, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and Powers Boothe.
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 54
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 55
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 56
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 57
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 58
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 59
1943 - 2017
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 60
1943 - 2012
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 61
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 62
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 63
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 64
1943 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 65
1943 - 2020
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 66
1953 - 2017
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 40
1922 - 2017
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 41
1940 - 2017
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 42
1929 - 2017
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 43
1935 - 2017
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 44
1934 - 2017
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 45
1943 - 2017
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 46
1930 - 2017
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 47
1899 - 2017
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 48
1976 - 2017
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 49
1923 - 2017
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 50
1933 - 2017
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 51
1948 - 2017
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 52
Among people born in United States, Sam Shepard ranks 974 out of 18,182. Before him are Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Richard E. Byrd (1888), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), Susan B. Anthony (1820), Virginia Apgar (1909), and Thomas Pynchon (1937). After him are James Horner (1953), Gena Rowlands (1930), Barbara Bush (1925), Paul Berg (1926), Robert A. Dahl (1915), and Benjamin Guggenheim (1865).
1960 - 1994
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 968
1888 - 1957
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 969
1898 - 1979
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 970
1820 - 1906
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 971
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 972
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 973
1943 - 2017
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 974
1953 - 2015
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 975
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 976
1925 - 2018
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 977
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 978
1915 - 2014
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 979
1865 - 1912
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 980
Among writers born in United States, Sam Shepard ranks 97. Before him are John Jacob Astor IV (1864), John Fante (1909), Virginia Satir (1916), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), Ambrose Bierce (1842), and Thomas Pynchon (1937). After him are L. Frank Baum (1856), Walter Lippmann (1889), Jean Webster (1876), Clifford D. Simak (1904), John Updike (1932), and John Grisham (1955).
1864 - 1912
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 91
1909 - 1983
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 92
1916 - 1988
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 93
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 94
1842 - 1914
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 95
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 96
1943 - 2017
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 97
1856 - 1919
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 98
1889 - 1974
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 99
1876 - 1916
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 100
1904 - 1988
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 101
1932 - 2009
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 102
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 103