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Tom Stoppard

1937 - Today

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Sir Tom Stoppard (born Tomáš Sträussler, 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical thematics of society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Stoppard has received more than 3,071,709 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Tom Stoppard is the 2,893rd most popular writer (up from 3,310th in 2019), the 361st most popular biography from Czechia (up from 405th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Czech Writer.

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  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tom Stoppard ranks 2,893 out of 7,302. Before him are Venedikt Yerofeyev, Bernardo Atxaga, Antiphanes, Fazil Iskander, Yūko Tsushima, and John Fletcher. After him are Francisco Ayala, Huseyn Javid, Léon Daudet, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Walter Pater, and Budd Schulberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Tom Stoppard ranks 218. Before him are Joe Viterelli, Barbara Jones, Édith Scob, Barbara Steele, Lluís Martínez Sistach, and Tomas Venclova. After him are Klim Churyumov, Miguel Trovoada, Peter Stein, Richard Bright, Antonio Valentín Angelillo, and Harris Yulin.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Tom Stoppard ranks 361 out of 1,200. Before him are Sigfried Giedion (1888), Fritz Mauthner (1849), Jiří Sobotka (1911), Jiří Raška (1941), Zdeněk Svěrák (1936), and Bretislav III (1200). After him are Anne of Bohemia (1290), Carl Borivoj Presl (1794), Josef Beran (1888), Rudolf Beran (1887), Ivan Mládek (1942), and Oskar Nedbal (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Tom Stoppard ranks 39. Before him are Karel Jaromír Erben (1811), Josef Jungmann (1773), Józef Czapski (1896), Josef Škvorecký (1924), Petr Chelčický (1390), and Fritz Mauthner (1849). After him are Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821), Karel Kryl (1944), Viktor Dyk (1877), Vladislav Vančura (1891), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), and Jiří Wolker (1900).

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