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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 2,795,698 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Tom Stoppard is the 3,322nd most popular writer (down from 2,737th in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 316th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Czech Writer.

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  • 2.8M

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  • 50.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tom Stoppard ranks 3,322 out of 5,755Before him are Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, Robert Garnier, Kjeld Abell, James Salter, Tim Krabbé, and Bernardo Atxaga. After him are Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, A. Merritt, Diego Durán, Ernst Weiss, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, and Anvari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Tom Stoppard ranks 227Before him are Mehdi Karroubi, George Zweig, Hildegard Behrens, Boris Cyrulnik, Andrei Bitov, and Miguel Trovoada. After him are Alice Coltrane, Lenny Wilkens, Barbara Babcock, Shirley Eaton, Michael Sata, and Una Stubbs.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Tom Stoppard ranks 405 out of 973Before him are Emmy Destinn (1878), Eugen Sänger (1905), Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915), Karel Píč (1920), Vladislav Vančura (1891), and Eduard Nápravník (1839). After him are Ernst Weiss (1882), Ivan Passer (1933), Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791), Karel Kryl (1944), Jiří Wolker (1900), and Edgar G. Ulmer (1904).

Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Tom Stoppard ranks 43Before him are Josef Škvorecký (1924), Josef Jungmann (1773), Viktor Dyk (1877), Arnošt Lustig (1926), Karel Píč (1920), and Vladislav Vančura (1891). After him are Ernst Weiss (1882), Karel Kryl (1944), Jiří Wolker (1900), Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), and Karel Teige (1900).