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Thomas Harris

1940 - Today

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William Thomas Harris III (born September 22, 1940) is an American writer. He is the author of a series of suspense novels about Hannibal Lecter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Harris has received more than 2,491,107 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Harris is the 764th most popular writer (down from 640th in 2019), the 864th most popular biography from United States (down from 699th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Writer.

Thomas Harris is most famous for his 1988 novel, "The Silence of the Lambs," which was later made into a film starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins.

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  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Harris ranks 764 out of 7,302. Before him are Epicharmus of Kos, Antonio Tabucchi, Klaus Ebner, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Robert Ludlum, and Natalia Ginzburg. After him are Gregory Skovoroda, Katherine Mansfield, Neal Cassady, Aelia Eudocia, Masaru Emoto, and Gregory of Narek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Thomas Harris ranks 61. Before him are Tarō Asō, Shahnaz Pahlavi, Nancy Sinatra, Cliff Richard, Óscar Arias, and Jan Jongbloed. After him are George A. Romero, James Cromwell, Joachim Frank, Astrud Gilberto, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, and Jacques Rancière.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Harris ranks 864 out of 20,380. Before him are Benedict Arnold (1741), Robert Ludlum (1927), Aaron T. Beck (1921), Anne Sullivan (1866), Susan B. Anthony (1820), and Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868). After him are Neal Cassady (1926), Theodore Schultz (1902), Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), John Sherman (1823), Oliver E. Williamson (1932), and Sinclair Lewis (1885).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Thomas Harris ranks 80. Before him are Louise Hay (1926), Dalton Trumbo (1905), William Saroyan (1908), Robert E. Howard (1906), John Dos Passos (1896), and Robert Ludlum (1927). After him are Neal Cassady (1926), Sinclair Lewis (1885), Raymond Carver (1938), Leon Uris (1924), Maya Angelou (1928), and Daniel Keyes (1927).

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