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William Safire

1929 - 2009

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William Lewis Safire (; né Safir; December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Safire has received more than 607,484 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William Safire is the 6,046th most popular writer (down from 5,411th in 2019), the 12,430th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,435th in 2019) and the 921st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Safire ranks 6,046 out of 5,755. Before him are Cory Doctorow, Peter Schiff, Terence Winter, Frederick Denison Maurice, Tõnu Õnnepalu, and Karen Joy Fowler. After him are David Hare, Wolf Blitzer, Alfred Gough, Nagaru Tanigawa, Paweł Huelle, and Nikolay Abramov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, William Safire ranks 461. Before him are John Conyers, Ronnie Allen, Ian Stewart, Alfredo Lim, King Moody, and Tom Foley. After him are Ronnie Barker, John Davies, George Clayton Johnson, Edith Windsor, Shirley Ann Grau, and Surinder Kaur. Among people deceased in 2009, William Safire ranks 350. Before him are Ed McMahon, Stanislav Markelov, José Carlos da Costa Araújo, Horton Foote, Billy Mays, and Billy Powell. After him are Kamila Skolimowska, Marian Cozma, Andrea Mead Lawrence, John Mortimer, Gale Storm, and Baitullah Mehsud.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Safire ranks 12,430 out of 18,182. Before him are Tracie Thoms (1975), Frank Spellman (1922), Jessica Barth (1978), Gil Shaham (1971), Hans Reiser (1963), and Gail Fisher (1935). After him are Zelmo Beaty (1939), Neil Gorsuch (1967), Alfred Gough (1967), Ian Bohen (1976), Dedee Pfeiffer (1964), and Kevin Rahm (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Safire ranks 921. Before him are Maxine Hong Kingston (1940), Ann Leckie (1966), D. C. Fontana (1939), Peter Schiff (1963), Terence Winter (1960), and Karen Joy Fowler (1950). After him are Alfred Gough (1967), Paolo Bacigalupi (1972), Robert Pinsky (1940), Judith Miller (1948), Paul Dini (1957), and James T. Farrell (1904).

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