WRITER

William Goldman

1931 - 2018

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William Goldman (August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist before turning to screenwriting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Goldman has received more than 2,114,144 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. William Goldman is the 2,656th most popular writer (up from 2,891st in 2019), the 3,374th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,786th in 2019) and the 292nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Magic
Fiction in English, Horror fiction
1976
Boys and Girls Together
Fiction, Teenagers, Baby boom generation
1964
Adventures in the screen trade
History, History and criticism, Motion picture authorship
1983
Marathon Man
Brothers, Fiction, Fiction in English
1940
The Princess Bride
Castles, Fiction, Princesses
*The Princess Bride is a timeless tale that pits country against country, good against evil, love against hate. This incredible journey and artfully rendered love story is peppered with strange beasties monstrous and gentle, memorable surprises both terrible and sublime, and such unforgettable characters as...* **Westley**, the handsome farm boy who risks death (and much worse) for the woman he loves; **Inigo**, the Spanish swordsman who lives only to avenge his father's death; **Fezzik**, the gentlest giant ever to have uprooted a tree with his bear hands; **Vizzini**, the evil Sicilian, with a mind so keen he's foiled by his own perfect logic; **Prince Humperdinck**, the eviler ruler of Guilder, who has an equally insatiable thirst for war and beauteous Buttercup; **Count Rugen**, the evilest man of all, who thrives on the excruciating pain of others; **Miracle Max**, the King's ex-Miracle Man, who can raise the dead (kind of); and, of course, **Buttercup**... the princess bride, the most perfect, beautiful woman in the history of the world!
1973
Tinsel
Fiction, Fiction in English, Motion picture industry
1979

Page views of William Goldmen by language

Over the past year William Goldman has had the most page views in the with 230,378 views, followed by Spanish (10,576), and Italian (9,481). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (123.09%), Basque (113.80%), and Egyptian Arabic (89.19%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Goldman ranks 2,656 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean Rhys, Alda Merini, Àngel Guimerà, Mirra Alfassa, Stanko Vraz, and Polemon I of Pontus. After him are Jim Corbett, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Valentin Rasputin, Béla Király, Gustav Schwab, and Michael Cunningham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, William Goldman ranks 197. Before him are John Gavin, Dritëro Agolli, George Vassiliou, Linda Nochlin, Mamie Van Doren, and Alda Merini. After him are Michael O. Rabin, Jean-Jacques Honorat, Franco Interlenghi, Anton Tus, Jean-Jacques Marcel, and Scotty Moore. Among people deceased in 2018, William Goldman ranks 153. Before him are Darío Castrillón Hoyos, John Gavin, June Whitfield, José Antonio Abreu, Neil Simon, and Lindsay Kemp. After him are Anna Maria Ferrero, Harlan Ellison, Dobri Dobrev, Vladimir Voinovich, Walter Laqueur, and Sinan Sakić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Goldman ranks 3,374 out of 20,380. Before him are John Cheever (1912), Caspar Weinberger (1917), Amy Irving (1953), Pharrell Williams (1973), Amanda Seyfried (1985), and Michael Stipe (1960). After him are Alec John Such (1951), Ric Ocasek (1949), Michael Buffer (1944), Adolphe Menjou (1890), Michael Cunningham (1952), and David Riesman (1909).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Goldman ranks 292. Before him are Terry Goodkind (1948), Neil Simon (1927), Orson Scott Card (1951), Eric Carle (1929), Richard Bandler (1950), and John Cheever (1912). After him are Michael Cunningham (1952), Harlan Ellison (1934), Alex Haley (1921), Horace McCoy (1897), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), and Henry Darger (1892).

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