1922 - 1998
William Thomas Gaddis Jr. (December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) was an American novelist. The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005 and two others, J R and A Frolic of His Own, won the annual U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Gaddis has received more than 438,889 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. William Gaddis is the 4,268th most popular writer (down from 3,952nd in 2019), the 5,882nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,409th in 2019) and the 476th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, William Gaddis ranks 4,268 out of 5,755. Before him are Milovan Glišić, Rosa Sensat, Jan Arnald, Alan Bennett, Anita Loos, and Abbas Sahhat. After him are André Schwarz-Bart, Francis Marrash, Olav Duun, Raymond Schwartz, Félicien Marceau, and Ferdinand Bruckner.
1847 - 1908
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 4,262
1873 - 1961
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 4,263
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 4,264
1934 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 4,265
1889 - 1981
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 4,266
1874 - 1918
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 4,267
1922 - 1998
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 4,268
1928 - 2006
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 4,269
1837 - 1873
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 4,270
1876 - 1939
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 4,271
1894 - 1973
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 4,272
1913 - 2012
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 4,273
1891 - 1958
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 4,274
Among people born in 1922, William Gaddis ranks 263. Before him are Étienne Gailly, Agustín Gaínza, Natalya Meklin, Félix Loustau, Léopold Anoul, and Július Torma. After him are Sabino Barinaga, Bob Anderson, Leonel Brizola, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Stellan Nilsson, and José Luis López Vázquez. Among people deceased in 1998, William Gaddis ranks 185. Before him are Władysław Komar, António Ribeiro, Mary Millar, Johannes Kotkas, Rob Pilatus, and Ted Fujita. After him are Bobo Brazil, Gottfried Dienst, Kim Ki-young, Héctor Vilches, Consalvo Sanesi, and Charles Lang.
1922 - 1971
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 257
1922 - 1995
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 258
1922 - 2005
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 259
1922 - 2003
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 260
1922 - 1990
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 261
1922 - 1991
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 262
1922 - 1998
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 263
1922 - 1988
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 264
1922 - 2012
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 265
1922 - 2004
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 266
1922 - 2017
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 267
1922 - 2003
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 268
1922 - 2009
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 269
1940 - 1998
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 179
1928 - 1998
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 180
1936 - 1998
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 181
1915 - 1998
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 182
1965 - 1998
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 183
1920 - 1998
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 184
1922 - 1998
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 185
1924 - 1998
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 186
1919 - 1998
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 187
1919 - 1998
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 188
1926 - 1998
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 189
1911 - 1998
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 190
1902 - 1998
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 191
Among people born in United States, William Gaddis ranks 5,882 out of 18,182. Before him are Kevin Richardson (1971), Amanda Bearse (1958), Dean Jagger (1903), Anita Loos (1889), Abigail Fillmore (1798), and Cameron Crowe (1957). After him are Pamela Bellwood (1951), Henry Lee III (1756), Masten Gregory (1932), Jerry Buss (1933), Grace Park (1974), and Mario Cuomo (1932).
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 5,876
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 5,877
1903 - 1991
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 5,878
1889 - 1981
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 5,879
1798 - 1853
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 5,880
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 5,881
1922 - 1998
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 5,882
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 5,883
1756 - 1818
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 5,884
1932 - 1985
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 5,885
1933 - 2013
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 5,886
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 5,887
1932 - 2015
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 5,888
Among writers born in United States, William Gaddis ranks 476. Before him are William Gibson (1914), Tracy Chevalier (1962), MacKenzie Scott (1970), Rod Serling (1924), John D. MacDonald (1916), and Anita Loos (1889). After him are C. L. Moore (1911), James Lee Burke (1936), Elizabeth Gilbert (1969), John Norman (1931), Sidney Howard (1891), and James Blish (1921).
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 470
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 471
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 472
1924 - 1975
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 473
1916 - 1986
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 474
1889 - 1981
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 475
1922 - 1998
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 476
1911 - 1987
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 477
1936 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 478
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 479
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 480
1891 - 1939
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 481
1921 - 1975
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 482