WRITER

Walter Lord

1917 - 2002

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Lord has received more than 263,307 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Lord is the 5,970th most popular writer, the 9,622nd most popular biography from United States and the 727th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walter Lord ranks 5,970 out of 7,302. Before him are Damon Lindelof, Daniel Quinn, Lucía Etxebarría, Monika Fagerholm, Rói Patursson, and Winston Churchill. After him are Teréz Karacs, Luisa Valenzuela, Kay Redfield Jamison, Simo Puupponen, Farley Mowat, and Michael Parenti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Walter Lord ranks 303. Before him are Leonard Chess, David Hampshire, Tadd Dameron, Jean Lucas, Carl Forssell, and Jerry Wexler. After him are Charles Sibley, Arthur Laurents, José Magriñá, Ottorino Volonterio, Valerie Hobson, and Mikhail Anikushin. Among people deceased in 2002, Walter Lord ranks 298. Before him are Johnny Unitas, Pauline Chan Bo-Lin, Martin Kamen, Lev Kulidzhanov, Sylvia Rivera, and Ivano Blason. After him are Otis Blackwell, Stanley Wagner, Salman Raduyev, Mitsuo Ikeda, Francisco Cabañas, and Jerome Biffle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Lord ranks 9,622 out of 20,380. Before him are Ray Gillen (1959), Paul Pilgrim (1883), Robert Marshak (1916), Florence Henderson (1934), Susan Lucci (1946), and Gardnar Mulloy (1913). After him are Joan Hackett (1934), Laila Robins (1959), Keith Szarabajka (1952), Otis Blackwell (1931), Kevin Chapman (1962), and Meg Whitman (1956).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Walter Lord ranks 727. Before him are Wilma Mankiller (1945), J. Michael Straczynski (1954), James Dickey (1923), Damon Lindelof (1973), Daniel Quinn (1935), and Winston Churchill (1871). After him are Michael Parenti (1933), Tom Brokaw (1940), Richard Russo (1949), Sarah Moore Grimké (1792), Gardner Fox (1911), and W. S. Merwin (1927).

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