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Thomas Harris

1940 - Today

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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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  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Harris ranks 641 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Thomas Harris ranks 49Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Harris ranks 699 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Thomas Harris ranks 69Before 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).