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William Styron

1925 - 2006

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Styron has received more than 890,425 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). William Styron is the 996th most popular writer (up from 1,340th in 2019), the 1,138th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,695th in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Styron ranks 996 out of 7,302. Before him are Assia Djebar, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Waris Dirie, Corinna, John Fowles, and Samuel Richardson. After him are Mimnermus, Henry Fielding, Jean Webster, Nicolas Chamfort, Edith Wharton, and Bertran de Born.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, William Styron ranks 69. Before him are Oliver Smithies, Jean Tinguely, Celia Cruz, Hildegard Knef, David Elazar, and Michele Ferrero. After him are Moshe Arens, Leo Esaki, Veljko Kadijević, Robert Rauschenberg, Dick Van Dyke, and Oscar Peterson. Among people deceased in 2006, William Styron ranks 50. Before him are P. W. Botha, Nam June Paik, Claude Jade, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Steve Irwin, and Gordon Parks. After him are Shelley Winters, Gillo Pontecorvo, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Romano Mussolini, Mariska Veres, and Karel Appel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Styron ranks 1,138 out of 20,380. Before him are Willie Nelson (1933), Will Durant (1885), Hugh David Politzer (1949), Richard Matheson (1926), Gordon Parks (1912), and James Cagney (1899). After him are Charles Cooley (1864), George H. Hitchings (1905), Jean Webster (1876), Paul D. Boyer (1918), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), and Edith Wharton (1862).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Styron ranks 111. Before him are L. Frank Baum (1856), Virginia Satir (1916), Stephen Covey (1932), Donna Leon (1942), Will Durant (1885), and Richard Matheson (1926). After him are Jean Webster (1876), Edith Wharton (1862), Noah Gordon (1926), William Gibson (1948), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), and Marshall Rosenberg (1934).

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