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William Steig

1907 - 2003

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William Steig (; November 14, 1907 – October 3, 2003) was an American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for the picture book Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name, as well as others that included Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto. He was the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Steig has received more than 972,486 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William Steig is the 3,300th most popular writer (down from 3,106th in 2019), the 4,323rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,042nd in 2019) and the 378th most popular American Writer.

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  • 970k

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  • 50.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Steig ranks 3,300 out of 5,755. Before him are Luciano De Crescenzo, Nancy Mitford, William Cowper, Gunnar Staalesen, Milán Füst, and Adam of Saint Victor. After him are Andrei Bitov, Glückel of Hameln, Ulf Stark, Joanna Chmielewska, Augusto Genina, and Pietro Carrera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, William Steig ranks 170. Before him are Germaine Tillion, Benny Carter, Ethel Smith, Raymond Braine, Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, and Joseph-Armand Bombardier. After him are Ramon Magsaysay, John G. Trump, Janusz Kusociński, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, Mariam Aslamazian, and Ragnar Nurkse. Among people deceased in 2003, William Steig ranks 160. Before him are Saifuddin Azizi, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Hans Hermann Groër, Hume Cronyn, Marc-Vivien Foé, and Selahattin Ülkümen. After him are João César Monteiro, Christopher Hill, Goffredo Petrassi, Jorge Oteiza, Blaga Dimitrova, and Jeanne Crain.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Steig ranks 4,323 out of 18,182. Before him are Marlon Jackson (1957), Nancy Marchand (1928), Florence Harding (1860), John Cocke (1925), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), and Chuck Daly (1930). After him are David Butler (1894), Jim Beaver (1950), David Koresh (1959), Lysander Spooner (1808), Julianna Margulies (1966), and Joseph Hooker (1814).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Steig ranks 378. Before him are Bruce Sterling (1954), Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892), Willa Cather (1873), Lilian Jackson Braun (1913), Diane Disney Miller (1933), and Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822). After him are James Salter (1925), A. Merritt (1884), John Ashbery (1927), Richard Yates (1926), Charles Fort (1874), and Vince Gilligan (1967).

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