WRITER

William Peter Blatty

1928 - 2017

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William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer, director and producer. He is best known for his 1971 novel The Exorcist and for his screenplay for the 1973 film adaptation. Blatty won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Exorcist, and was nominated for Best Picture as its producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Peter Blatty has received more than 1,612,995 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). William Peter Blatty is the 2,341st most popular writer (up from 2,486th in 2019), the 2,920th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,229th in 2019) and the 258th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Peter Blatty ranks 2,341 out of 7,302. Before him are Niccolò de' Niccoli, Frederic W. H. Myers, Andrei Voznesensky, Tullia d'Aragona, Terence McKenna, and Kathy Reichs. After him are Nennius, Terry Eagleton, Marius Aventicensis, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Rabia Balkhi, and Eugippius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, William Peter Blatty ranks 191. Before him are Bob Cousy, Jack Tramiel, Helen Frankenthaler, Jean Vanier, Lorna Wing, and Cannonball Adderley. After him are Laurence Harvey, Dominique Colonna, Stuart Whitman, Frank Wolff, Jack Kevorkian, and Lennart Carleson. Among people deceased in 2017, William Peter Blatty ranks 152. Before him are Don Rickles, Manuel Sanchís Martínez, Charles Bachman, Umberto Lenzi, Frank Vincent, and Richard F. Gordon Jr.. After him are Claude Rich, Ludmila Belousova, Mildred Dresselhaus, Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, Ulf Stark, and Étienne Tshisekedi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Peter Blatty ranks 2,920 out of 20,380. Before him are Dean Norris (1963), Karen Black (1939), Terence McKenna (1946), William Levada (1936), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), and Kathy Reichs (1948). After him are Natalie Cole (1950), Winfield Scott (1786), Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Elizabeth Loftus (1944), and George Dewey (1837).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Peter Blatty ranks 258. Before him are William Steig (1907), Archibald Gracie IV (1858), August Derleth (1909), Mary Baker Eddy (1821), Terence McKenna (1946), and Kathy Reichs (1948). After him are Terry Bisson (1942), Frank McCourt (1930), Neil Postman (1931), Charles Berlitz (1913), Kate Millett (1934), and Vonda N. McIntyre (1948).

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