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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 6,182,591 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William Gibson is the 4,232nd most popular writer (down from 4,121st in 2019), the 5,791st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,745th in 2019) and the 470th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Gibson ranks 4,232 out of 5,755. Before her are Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Jean-Richard Bloch, Vera Panova, Oksana Zabuzhko, Christiane Amanpour, and René Wellek. After her are Tracy Chevalier, Lucrezia Marinella, Gabriello Chiabrera, Taslima Nasrin, MacKenzie Scott, and Ladislav Mňačko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, William Gibson ranks 233. Before her are Daniel J. Boorstin, Yrjö Nikkanen, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Fumio Hayasaka, Vincent J. McMahon, and Wilhelm Hahnemann. After her are Giuseppe Caprio, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Sarla Thakral, Jyoti Basu, Hermínio de Brito, and Johannes Virolainen. Among people deceased in 2008, William Gibson ranks 203. Before her are Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Van Johnson, Brad Renfro, Odetta, Levy Mwanawasa, and Norman Smith. After her are Ricardo Infante, Heinz Kwiatkowski, Rina Zaripova, Sarla Thakral, Neil Aspinall, and Patrick Hillery.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Gibson ranks 5,791 out of 18,182. Before her are Thomas Ian Griffith (1962), Carol Channing (1921), Nicholas Gonzalez (1976), Carl A. Wirtanen (1910), Florence Lee (1888), and Otto Warmbier (1994). After her are Taylor Kinney (1981), Lawrence Roberts (1937), Tracy Chevalier (1962), Fanny Brice (1891), Maria Tallchief (1925), and Sandra Bem (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Gibson ranks 470. Before her are John Piper (1946), Hart Crane (1899), Walter J. Ong (1912), John Gray (1951), Fran Lebowitz (1950), and E. E. Smith (1890). After her are Tracy Chevalier (1962), MacKenzie Scott (1970), Rod Serling (1924), John D. MacDonald (1916), Anita Loos (1889), and William Gaddis (1922).

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