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, and for his 1973 screenplay for the film adaptation of the same name. 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 1,482,124 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). William Peter Blatty is the 2,494th most popular writer (down from 2,146th in 2019), the 3,237th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,680th in 2019) and the 286th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, William Peter Blatty ranks 2,494 out of 5,755. Before him are John Zerzan, Juan de Valdés, Posidippus, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Jonas Jonasson, and Emma Jung. After him are Francisco Ayala, Maciej Stryjkowski, Édouard Glissant, E. Nesbit, Anne McCaffrey, and Vasko Popa.
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 2,488
1505 - 1541
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 2,489
310 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 2,490
1154 - 1173
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 2,491
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 2,492
1882 - 1955
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 2,493
1928 - 2017
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 2,494
1906 - 2009
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,495
1547 - 1593
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,496
1928 - 2011
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,497
1858 - 1924
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,498
1926 - 2011
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 2,499
1922 - 1991
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 2,500
Among people born in 1928, William Peter Blatty ranks 198. Before him are Howard S. Becker, Willy Mairesse, Vitaliy Masol, Line Renaud, Orson Bean, and Horace Silver. After him are Édouard Glissant, Tahir Salahov, Yury Yakovlev, Luigi Colani, Dan Blocker, and Nguyễn Văn Thuận. Among people deceased in 2017, William Peter Blatty ranks 160. Before him are Joachim Meisner, Seijun Suzuki, Manuel Sanchís Martínez, Raymond Smullyan, Richard Anderson, and Mustafa Tlass. After him are Igor Shafarevich, Brunhilde Pomsel, Predrag Matvejević, Miloslav Vlk, Gastone Moschin, and Charles Bachman.
1928 - 2023
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 192
1928 - 1969
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 193
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 194
1928 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 195
1928 - 2020
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 196
1928 - 2014
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 197
1928 - 2017
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 198
1928 - 2011
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 199
1928 - 2021
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 200
1928 - 2013
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 201
1928 - 2019
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 202
1928 - 1972
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 203
1928 - 2002
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 204
1933 - 2017
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 154
1923 - 2017
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 155
1938 - 2017
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 156
1919 - 2017
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 157
1926 - 2017
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 158
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 159
1928 - 2017
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 160
1923 - 2017
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 161
1911 - 2017
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 162
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 163
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 164
1929 - 2017
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 165
1924 - 2017
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 166
Among people born in United States, William Peter Blatty ranks 3,237 out of 18,182. Before him are Taylor Hackford (1944), Chuck Lorre (1952), Del Shannon (1934), Horace Silver (1928), Warren Weaver (1894), and Seymour Martin Lipset (1922). After him are Alvin Hansen (1887), Brenda Lee (1944), Chris Gardner (1954), Josh Hartnett (1978), Tia Carrere (1967), and Anne McCaffrey (1926).
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 3,231
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 3,232
1934 - 1990
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 3,233
1928 - 2014
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 3,234
1894 - 1978
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 3,235
1922 - 2006
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 3,236
1928 - 2017
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 3,237
1887 - 1975
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 3,238
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 3,239
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 3,240
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 3,241
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 3,242
1926 - 2011
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 3,243
Among writers born in United States, William Peter Blatty ranks 286. Before him are John Barth (1930), Neil Simon (1927), Jim Thompson (1906), Howard Fast (1914), Richard Wright (1908), and John Zerzan (1943). After him are Anne McCaffrey (1926), Larry Niven (1938), Jack Williamson (1908), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Stephenie Meyer (1973), and Eric Roth (1945).
1930 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 280
1927 - 2018
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 281
1906 - 1977
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 282
1914 - 2003
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 283
1908 - 1960
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 284
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 285
1928 - 2017
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 286
1926 - 2011
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 287
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 288
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 289
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 290
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 291
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 292