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William Blum

1933 - 2018

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William Henry Blum (; March 6, 1933 – December 9, 2018) was an American author and journalist and a critic of United States foreign policy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Blum has received more than 264,697 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William Blum is the 5,358th most popular writer (down from 4,721st in 2019), the 8,610th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,336th in 2019) and the 677th most popular American Writer.

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  • 260k

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  • 43.42

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Blum ranks 5,358 out of 5,755Before him are Olivier Rolin, Latifa al-Zayyat, Claudio Williman, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Emmanuil Kazakevich, and Swami Rama. After him are David Simon, Martin Litchfield West, Mike Godwin, Thomas Brezina, John Antoine Nau, and Thomas Campbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, William Blum ranks 397Before him are Jean Graczyk, Irina Beglyakova, Lee Calhoun, Tony Jay, Vladimir Melanin, and Lloyd Price. After him are Anatoly Krutikov, Donald H. Peterson, Leandro Faggin, Gilberto Penayo, Brigitte Reimann, and George J. Mitchell. Among people deceased in 2018, William Blum ranks 382Before him are Alberto Fouilloux, Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Jimmy Armfield, Leo Falcam, Mohammed Hazzaz, and Steven Bochco. After him are Igor Korobov, Donald H. Peterson, Hans Aabech, Erika Mahringer, Apisai Ielemia, and Aly Lotfy Mahmoud.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Blum ranks 8,610 out of 18,182Before him are Wilford Woodruff (1807), Jessica Hecht (1965), Kim Stanley (1925), Steven Bochco (1943), Stanton T. Friedman (1934), and Neil Burger (2000). After him are David Simon (1960), Kent Beck (1961), Audrey Munson (1891), William Hogenson (1884), John Michael Talbot (1954), and Mike Godwin (1956).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Blum ranks 677Before him are Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), Howard Ashman (1950), Philip G. Epstein (1909), John Berryman (1914), Scott Turow (1949), and Jack McDevitt (1935). After him are David Simon (1960), Mike Godwin (1956), John Antoine Nau (1860), Joe Medicine Crow (1913), Meg Cabot (1967), and Steven Saylor (1956).

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