1940 - Today
William Thomas Harris III (born September 22, 1940) is an American writer, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Harris has received more than 2,266,063 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Harris is the 641st most popular writer (down from 630th in 2019), the 699th most popular biography from United States (down from 671st in 2019) and the 69th 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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Among writers, Thomas Harris ranks 641 out of 5,755. Before him are Edmond Rostand, Leo Africanus, Stieg Larsson, Luqman, Verner von Heidenstam, and Amin Maalouf. After him are Andrea Camilleri, William McMaster Murdoch, Robert E. Howard, Witold Gombrowicz, Theodore the Studite, and Bert Hellinger.
1868 - 1918
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 635
1494 - 1554
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 636
1954 - 2004
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 637
1100 BC - Present
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 638
1859 - 1940
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 639
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 640
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 641
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 642
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 643
1906 - 1936
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 644
1904 - 1969
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 645
759 - 826
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 646
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 647
Among people born in 1940, Thomas Harris ranks 49. Before him are H. R. Giger, Eduardo Galeano, Raquel Welch, George A. Romero, Mario Andretti, and Nancy Sinatra. After him are Stuart Sutcliffe, Tarō Asō, Cliff Richard, Tom Jones, Nancy Pelosi, and Denis Law.
1940 - 2014
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 43
1940 - 2015
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 44
1940 - 2023
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 45
1940 - 2017
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 46
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 47
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 48
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 49
1940 - 1962
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 50
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 51
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 52
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 53
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 54
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 55
Among people born in United States, Thomas Harris ranks 699 out of 18,182. Before him are Chick Corea (1941), Donald Knuth (1938), Victor Fleming (1889), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), Roy Orbison (1936), and Margaret Hamilton (1936). After him are Paul Morphy (1837), Carl Lewis (1961), Philip Johnson (1906), Robert E. Howard (1906), Matthew C. Perry (1794), and Jules Dassin (1911).
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 693
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 694
1889 - 1949
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 695
1958 - Present
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 696
1936 - 1988
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 697
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 698
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 699
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 700
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 701
1906 - 2005
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 702
1906 - 1936
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 703
1794 - 1858
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 704
1911 - 2008
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 705
Among writers born in United States, Thomas Harris ranks 69. Before him are Theodore Dreiser (1871), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Michael Crichton (1942), Anne Rice (1941), Robert Ludlum (1927), and John Irving (1942). After him are Robert E. Howard (1906), William Saroyan (1908), Maya Angelou (1928), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), Patricia Highsmith (1921), and Nellie Bly (1864).
1871 - 1945
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 63
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 64
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 65
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 66
1927 - 2001
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 67
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 68
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 69
1906 - 1936
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 70
1908 - 1981
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 71
1928 - 2014
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 72
1867 - 1957
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 73
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 74
1864 - 1922
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 75