WRITER

William Gibson

1914 - 2008

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William Gibson (November 13, 1914 – November 25, 2008) was an American playwright and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Gibson has received more than 6,451,516 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. William Gibson is the 5,034th most popular writer (down from 4,219th in 2019), the 7,082nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,779th in 2019) and the 561st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Gibson ranks 5,034 out of 7,302. Before her are Manuel Antônio de Almeida, Jacques Roubaud, Ioannis Chrysafis, René Bazin, Natália Correia, and Scholastique Mukasonga. After her are Raymond Schwartz, Andrejs Upīts, Vittoria Aganoor, Agapius of Hierapolis, Ahlam Mosteghanemi, and João Cabral de Melo Neto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, William Gibson ranks 289. Before her are František Čapek, Martí de Riquer i Morera, Viljo Heino, Jack LaLanne, Anna Maria Ortese, and Daniel J. Boorstin. After her are Béatrix Beck, Qin Jiwei, Edgar Reinhardt, Astrid Henning-Jensen, Élie Bayol, and Aharon Katzir. Among people deceased in 2008, William Gibson ranks 245. Before her are Yegor Letov, Rafael Azcona, František Čapek, Nikolai Baibakov, Mikhail Solomentsev, and Ignazio Fabra. After her are Helmut Zilk, Béatrix Beck, Nunzio Gallo, Natalia Bessmertnova, Frederick Seitz, and Omar Caetano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Gibson ranks 7,082 out of 20,380. Before her are Sherrill Milnes (1935), Carolyn Porco (1953), Gavin Newsom (1967), Julius Katchen (1926), Chuck McCann (1934), and Daniel J. Boorstin (1914). After her are Maud Wagner (1877), Greg Germann (1958), William M. Tweed (1823), Walter Block (1941), Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823), and Haley Joel Osment (1988).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Gibson ranks 561. Before her are Frank Belknap Long (1901), William Dean Howells (1837), Kenneth Copeland (1936), Sidney Howard (1891), Joanna Russ (1937), and Paul Theroux (1941). After her are Chris Van Allsburg (1949), Walter J. Ong (1912), Peter S. Beagle (1939), Frank O'Hara (1926), Michael Cristofer (1945), and Stephen Hunter (1946).

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