WRITER

Thornton Wilder

1897 - 1975

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Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist (and occasional actor in his own plays.) He won three Pulitzer Prizes, for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thornton Wilder has received more than 1,105,930 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Thornton Wilder is the 1,360th most popular writer (up from 1,377th in 2019), the 1,665th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,756th in 2019) and the 150th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thornton Wilder ranks 1,360 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean M. Auel, Robert de Montesquiou, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Daniel Pennac, James Murray, and Wace. After him are Joseph Bédier, Symeon the Metaphrast, Per Olov Enquist, Diana Gabaldon, Ibn al-Nadim, and Joachim Fest.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Thornton Wilder ranks 71. Before him are Benjamin Lee Whorf, Karl Löwith, Hans Baur, Sidney Bechet, Adolf Heusinger, and Mukhtar Auezov. After him are Sepp Herberger, Philippe Soupault, Károly Kerényi, Jean Epstein, Virginia Henderson, and Winifred Wagner. Among people deceased in 1975, Thornton Wilder ranks 46. Before him are Ernst Hanfstaengl, François Tombalbaye, Bernard Herrmann, Joseph Bech, P. G. Wodehouse, and Carlo Levi. After him are Rex Stout, Al Lettieri, Guy Mollet, Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud, Marguerite Perey, and Luigi Dallapiccola.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thornton Wilder ranks 1,665 out of 20,380. Before him are Vera Miles (1929), John Turturro (1957), Jean M. Auel (1936), Frank Zane (1942), Robert J. Shiller (1946), and LeBron James (1984). After him are Cesar Romero (1907), Elmer Bernstein (1922), Josephine Chaplin (1949), Michelle Rodriguez (1978), Diana Gabaldon (1952), and Rubin Carter (1937).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Thornton Wilder ranks 150. Before him are Eleanor H. Porter (1868), Ken Kesey (1935), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Anthony Bourdain (1956), Maria Shriver (1955), and Jean M. Auel (1936). After him are Diana Gabaldon (1952), Rex Stout (1886), Robert Wilson (1941), Seymour Hersh (1937), Don DeLillo (1936), and Robin Hobb (1952).

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