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Varian Fry

1907 - 1967

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Varian Mackey Fry (October 15, 1907 – September 13, 1967) was an American journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Varian Fry has received more than 906,356 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Varian Fry is the 2,778th most popular writer (up from 3,453rd in 2019), the 3,533rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,563rd in 2019) and the 305th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 910k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Varian Fry ranks 2,778 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Holdstock, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Tang Xianzu, Alexandre Herculano, Sibilla Aleramo, and Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz. After him are Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Josephine Tey, Larry Niven, Marion Chesney, Guido Guinizelli, and Ōtomo no Yakamochi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Varian Fry ranks 153. Before him are Max Pauly, Viktoria Brezhneva, Guido Masetti, Anton Schall, Violette Leduc, and Yasushi Inoue. After him are Victor Capesius, Roman Rudenko, Lev Oborin, Shiro Teshima, Ita Rina, and Miguel Torga. Among people deceased in 1967, Varian Fry ranks 118. Before him are Eugen Fischer, Joseph Cardijn, Albert Lutuli, Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, and Morris Swadesh. After him are Carl Sandburg, Richard Ruoff, Victor de Sabata, Enrico Dante, Bob Anderson, and Holland Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Varian Fry ranks 3,533 out of 20,380. Before him are Walter Cronkite (1916), Alicia Silverstone (1976), Steve Lukather (1957), Alice Walton (1949), Irene Dunne (1898), and Eddie Adams (1933). After him are Tony Goldwyn (1960), Louis Prima (1910), Jimmy McLane (1930), Marie Smith Jones (1918), Larry Niven (1938), and Robert Lansing (1864).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Varian Fry ranks 305. Before him are Eric Roth (1945), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Harold Robbins (1916), Carl Bernstein (1944), and John Zerzan (1943). After him are Larry Niven (1938), Carl Sandburg (1878), R. A. Salvatore (1959), Ben Hecht (1893), William L. Shirer (1904), and Anne McCaffrey (1926).

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