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Tarell Alvin McCraney

1980 - Today

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Tarell Alvin McCraney (born October 17, 1980) is an American playwright. He is the chair of playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble. He co-wrote the 2016 film Moonlight, based on his own play, for which he received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tarell Alvin McCraney has received more than 1,139,046 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Tarell Alvin McCraney is the 7,276th most popular writer (down from 6,463rd in 2019), the 19,398th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,303rd in 2019) and the 1,215th most popular American Writer.

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  • 23.64

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tarell Alvin McCraney ranks 7,276 out of 7,302. Before him are Jed Whedon, Owen Jones, Ben Goldacre, G. Willow Wilson, Debora Patta, and Maajid Nawaz. After him are Pierce Brown, Taiye Selasi, Janet Mock, Michael Hastings, Alejandro Rejon Huchin, and Ned Vizzini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Tarell Alvin McCraney ranks 1,276. Before him are Ryohei Koike, Daisuke Hoshi, Toshihiro Yahata, Daisuke Nitta, Brad Richards, and Perdita Felicien. After him are Clinton Hill, Bobby Simmons, Hayato Yano, Davy Arnaud, Daisuke Saito, and Koji Matsuura.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tarell Alvin McCraney ranks 19,398 out of 20,380. Before him are 24kGoldn (2000), Kaitlin Sandeno (1983), Annalisa Cochrane (1996), Nadji Jeter (1996), ASAP Ferg (1988), and Gabriel Slonina (2004). After him are Ro Khanna (1976), Nick Symmonds (1983), Juliette Goglia (1995), Bobby Simmons (1980), Zach Tyler Eisen (1993), and Jason Thompson (1986).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tarell Alvin McCraney ranks 1,215. Before him are Jesmyn Ward (1977), Rachel Morrison (1978), Geoffrey S. Fletcher (1970), Silvio Horta (1974), Jed Whedon (1975), and G. Willow Wilson (1982). After him are Pierce Brown (1988), Janet Mock (1983), Michael Hastings (1980), Ned Vizzini (1981), Frank Santopadre (1961), and Emily Temple-Wood (1994).

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