1928 - 2017
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, for which he won the Academy Award for the screenplay of its film adaptation and was nominated for Best Picture as its producer. The film also earned Blatty the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama as producer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Peter Blatty has received more than 1,062,607 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). William Peter Blatty is the 2,147th most popular writer (down from 1,924th in 2019), the 2,681st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,275th in 2019) and the 262nd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, William Peter Blatty ranks 2,147 out of 5,794. Before him are Bernard Palissy, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Ahmad ibn Arabshah, André Frossard, Antonio Skármeta, and Ilse Aichinger. After him are Auguste Maquet, Édouard Drumont, Tawfiq al-Hakim, Vladimir Posner, Giovanni Pascoli, and Jean-Baptiste Dubos.
1510 - 1589
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,141
1876 - 1945
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,142
1389 - 1450
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,143
1915 - 1995
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,144
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,145
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,146
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,147
1813 - 1888
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,148
1844 - 1917
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,149
1898 - 1987
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,150
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,151
1855 - 1912
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,152
1670 - 1742
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 2,153
Among people born in 1928, William Peter Blatty ranks 175. Before him are Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Eunice Gayson, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Enrique Bolaños, Leyla Gencer, and Germà Colón. After him are Victor Stănculescu, Nicolas Hayek, Nick Holonyak, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Ali Kafi, and Bill Mollison. Among people deceased in 2017, William Peter Blatty ranks 133. Before him are Kate Millett, Raymond Smullyan, Manuel Sanchís Martínez, Heinz Kessler, John Hillerman, and Lubomyr Husar. After him are Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, Frank Vincent, Ángel Nieto, Miguel Ferrer, Dionigi Tettamanzi, and Umberto Lenzi.
1928 - 2002
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 169
1928 - 2018
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 170
1928 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 171
1928 - Present
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 172
1928 - 2008
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 173
1928 - 2020
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 174
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 175
1928 - 2016
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 176
1928 - 2010
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 177
1928 - Present
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 178
1928 - 1997
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 179
1928 - 2013
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 180
1928 - 2016
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 181
1934 - 2017
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 127
1919 - 2017
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 128
1938 - 2017
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 129
1920 - 2017
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 130
1932 - 2017
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 131
1933 - 2017
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 132
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 133
1917 - 2017
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 134
1939 - 2017
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 135
1947 - 2017
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 136
1955 - 2017
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 137
1934 - 2017
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 138
1931 - 2017
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 139
Among people born in United States, William Peter Blatty ranks 2,681 out of 15,968. Before him are Scatman Crothers (1910), Arthur Kennedy (1914), Jill St. John (1940), Fess Parker (1924), Jeffrey Hunter (1926), and Richard Holbrooke (1941). After him are Lead Belly (1888), James Baker (1930), Wallace Shawn (1943), Steve Perry (1949), Eddie Adams (1933), and Sixto Rodriguez (1942).
1910 - 1986
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,675
1914 - 1990
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,676
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,677
1924 - 2010
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,678
1926 - 1969
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,679
1941 - 2010
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,680
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 2,681
1888 - 1949
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,682
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,683
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,684
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,685
1933 - 2004
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 2,686
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,687
Among writers born in United States, William Peter Blatty ranks 262. Before him are Winston Groom (1943), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Robert Jordan (1948), Ida Tarbell (1857), Harlan Ellison (1934), and Anne McCaffrey (1926). After him are August Derleth (1909), Alfred Bester (1913), John Barth (1930), David Eddings (1931), Fritz Leiber (1910), and Leon Uris (1924).
1943 - 2020
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 256
1889 - 1970
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 257
1948 - 2007
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 258
1857 - 1944
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 259
1934 - 2018
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 260
1926 - 2011
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 261
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 262
1909 - 1971
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 263
1913 - 1987
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 264
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 265
1931 - 2009
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 266
1910 - 1992
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 267
1924 - 2003
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 268