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Terrence McNally

1938 - 2020

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Terrence McNally (November 3, 1938 – March 24, 2020) was an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. Described as "the bard of American theater" and "one of the greatest contemporary playwrights the theater world has yet produced," McNally was the recipient of five Tony Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terrence McNally has received more than 1,003,698 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Terrence McNally is the 6,700th most popular writer (down from 6,072nd in 2019), the 13,475th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,736th in 2019) and the 987th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.0M

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  • 47.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Terrence McNally ranks 6,700 out of 7,302. Before him are Marius von Mayenburg, Joumana Haddad, Mercy Otis Warren, Wolf Haas, Alex Hirsch, and Boris Izaguirre. After him are Nic Pizzolatto, Narine Abgaryan, Nicholas Monsarrat, Elizabeth Carter, Calixthe Beyala, and Miquel-Lluís Muntané.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Terrence McNally ranks 597. Before him are Ernie Pieterse, Joan Blackman, Stanley Fish, Bobby Charles, Julie Felix, and Lorraine Crapp. After him are Les Murray, Eduard Ivanov, James Gunn, Sam Nunn, Gus Johnson, and Jeff Barry. Among people deceased in 2020, Terrence McNally ranks 785. Before him are Azimzhan Askarov, Ebrahim Alkazi, Jane Dee Hull, Julie Felix, Nicholas Parsons, and Road Warrior Animal. After him are Polad Hashimov, Hassan Abshir Farah, Gene Reynolds, Dimitri Diatchenko, Bob Armstrong, and César Zabala.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terrence McNally ranks 13,475 out of 20,380. Before him are Roy Atwell (1878), Henry Cejudo (1987), Laura Ziskin (1950), Robert W. McElroy (1954), Emily Swallow (1979), and Dedee Pfeiffer (1964). After him are James Frawley (1936), Mamie Gummer (1983), Nic Pizzolatto (1975), Bill Lee (1959), Kelli Williams (1970), and Vanessa Carlton (1980).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Terrence McNally ranks 987. Before him are Joseph Finder (1958), Jill Abramson (1954), Anthony E. Zuiker (1968), William Safire (1929), Mercy Otis Warren (1728), and Alex Hirsch (1985). After him are Nic Pizzolatto (1975), Alice Stone Blackwell (1857), John Seigenthaler (1927), Sarah J. Maas (1986), Kage Baker (1952), and James Gleick (1954).

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