1924 - 1984
Truman Garcia Capote (; born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966), which he labeled a "nonfiction novel". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Truman Capote has received more than 6,198,850 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Truman Capote is the 331st most popular writer (up from 360th in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from United States (up from 309th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Writer.
Truman Capote is most famous for his novel, In Cold Blood, which was published in 1966. The book is based on the murder of a family in Kansas in 1959.
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Among writers, Truman Capote ranks 331 out of 5,794. Before him are J. M. Barrie, Pär Lagerkvist, Cassiodorus, Alexandra Feodorovna, Max Brod, and André Malraux. After him are Margaret Mitchell, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Lorenzo Valla, Erich von Däniken, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and Constantine P. Cavafy.
1860 - 1937
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 325
1891 - 1974
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 326
487 - 583
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 327
1872 - 1918
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 328
1884 - 1968
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 329
1901 - 1976
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 330
1924 - 1984
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 331
1900 - 1949
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 332
25 BC - 50
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 333
1407 - 1457
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 334
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 335
60 BC - 7 BC
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 336
1863 - 1933
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 337
Among people born in 1924, Truman Capote ranks 9. Before him are George H. W. Bush, Charles Aznavour, Marcello Mastroianni, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Robert Mugabe, and Kim Dae-jung. After him are Jean-François Lyotard, Eli Cohen, Sarah Vaughan, Süleyman Demirel, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Jacques Le Goff. Among people deceased in 1984, Truman Capote ranks 10. Before him are Indira Gandhi, Ray Kroc, François Truffaut, Paul Dirac, Johnny Weissmuller, and Ed Gein. After him are Martin Niemöller, Mikhail Sholokhov, Marvin Gaye, Tigran Petrosian, Julio Cortázar, and Anna Anderson.
1924 - 2018
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 3
1924 - 2018
HPI: 81.21
Rank: 4
1924 - 1996
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 5
1924 - 2015
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 6
1924 - 2019
HPI: 79.29
Rank: 7
1924 - 2009
HPI: 78.76
Rank: 8
1924 - 1984
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 9
1924 - 1998
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 10
1924 - 1965
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 11
1924 - 1990
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 12
1924 - 2015
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 13
1924 - 2010
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 14
1924 - 2014
HPI: 75.09
Rank: 15
1917 - 1984
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 4
1902 - 1984
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 5
1932 - 1984
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 6
1902 - 1984
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 7
1904 - 1984
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 8
1906 - 1984
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 9
1924 - 1984
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 10
1892 - 1984
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 11
1905 - 1984
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 12
1939 - 1984
HPI: 75.92
Rank: 13
1929 - 1984
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 14
1914 - 1984
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 15
1896 - 1984
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 16
Among people born in United States, Truman Capote ranks 300 out of 15,968. Before him are Ed Gein (1906), William G. Morgan (1870), John Ford (1894), John R. Bolton (1948), Liza Minnelli (1946), and Cameron Diaz (1972). After him are Robert Peary (1856), Margaret Mitchell (1900), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Sandra Bullock (1964), Eminem (1972), and William Jennings Bryan (1860).
1906 - 1984
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 294
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 295
1894 - 1973
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 296
1948 - Present
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 297
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 298
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 299
1924 - 1984
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 300
1856 - 1920
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 301
1900 - 1949
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 302
1917 - 1996
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 303
1964 - Present
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 304
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 305
1860 - 1925
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 306
Among writers born in United States, Truman Capote ranks 30. Before him are Henry Miller (1891), Mario Puzo (1920), O. Henry (1862), Arthur Miller (1915), Jack Kerouac (1922), and Ezra Pound (1885). After him are Margaret Mitchell (1900), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), Raymond Chandler (1888), Napoleon Hill (1883), Henry James (1843), and Dan Brown (1964).
1891 - 1980
HPI: 77.63
Rank: 24
1920 - 1999
HPI: 77.54
Rank: 25
1862 - 1910
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 26
1915 - 2005
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 27
1922 - 1969
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 28
1885 - 1972
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 29
1924 - 1984
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 30
1900 - 1949
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 31
1789 - 1851
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 32
1888 - 1959
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 33
1883 - 1970
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 34
1843 - 1916
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 35
1964 - Present
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 36