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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. Fry ran a rescue network in Vichy France that helped 2,000 to 4,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees to escape Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Varian Fry has received more than 847,577 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Varian Fry is the 3,465th most popular writer (up from 3,492nd in 2019), the 4,575th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,664th in 2019) and the 392nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Varian Fry ranks 3,465 out of 5,755. Before him are Mikayel Nalbandian, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, George the Hagiorite, Zsigmond Móricz, Bonaventure des Périers, and Brandon Sanderson. After him are Alf Prøysen, Abdullah Goran, Valerius Antias, Gianni Celati, Daniel-Rops, and Símun av Skarði.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Varian Fry ranks 181. Before him are Mariam Aslamazian, Ragnar Nurkse, Guido Masetti, Amedeo Nazzari, Edwige Feuillère, and Polina Osipenko. After him are Ramón de la Fuente Leal, Sándor Veress, Blagoje Marjanović, Gene Autry, Roger Vailland, and John Marley. Among people deceased in 1967, Varian Fry ranks 155. Before him are Milán Füst, André-Louis Danjon, Greta Schröder, Fernando Paternoster, Edward Chamberlin, and Siegfried Sassoon. After him are Antonio Riberi, Zhou Zuoren, Reginald Punnett, Morris Swadesh, Henry Luce, and Daniel Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Varian Fry ranks 4,575 out of 18,182. Before him are Adam Riess (1969), Isaiah Thomas (1989), Eric Dane (1972), Dorothy McGuire (1916), Shonda Rhimes (1970), and Brandon Sanderson (1975). After him are Harry Reid (1939), Lena Horne (1917), Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), James Russo (1953), Frank Gorshin (1933), and Rick James (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Varian Fry ranks 392. Before him are Lillian Hellman (1905), Francis Scott Key (1779), Robert Ettinger (1918), Anne Tyler (1941), Marianne Moore (1887), and Brandon Sanderson (1975). After him are Carl Bernstein (1944), Herman Wouk (1915), Janet Asimov (1926), Henrietta Szold (1860), Donna Tartt (1963), and Zora Neale Hurston (1891).

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