1928 - 2016
William Trevor Cox (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2016), known by his pen name William Trevor, was an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language. Trevor won the Whitbread Prize three times and was nominated five times for the Booker Prize, the last for his novel Love and Summer (2009), which was also shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Trevor has received more than 379,772 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William Trevor is the 4,367th most popular writer (down from 3,362nd in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 139th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Irish Writer.
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Among writers, William Trevor ranks 4,367 out of 5,755. Before him are Atiq Rahimi, Vitaly Bianki, Rosa Chacel, Mordecai Kaplan, Johann von Rist, and Tabitha King. After him are Ariel Dorfman, Marietta Shaginyan, Boris Vasilyev, Edwin Atherstone, István Fekete, and Daniela Hodrová.
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 4,361
1894 - 1959
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 4,362
1898 - 1994
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 4,363
1881 - 1983
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 4,364
1607 - 1667
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 4,365
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 4,366
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 4,367
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 4,368
1888 - 1982
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 4,369
1924 - 2013
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 4,370
1788 - 1872
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 4,371
1900 - 1970
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 4,372
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 4,373
Among people born in 1928, William Trevor ranks 345. Before him are Mikio Sato, Dezső Bundzsák, Koko Taylor, Serge Bourguignon, Alice Drummond, and Mário Pinto de Andrade. After him are Tom Lantos, Simón Díaz, Marian Seldes, Barbara Ann Scott, Sivaji Ganesan, and Lucho Gatica. Among people deceased in 2016, William Trevor ranks 290. Before him are Alice Drummond, Rudy Van Gelder, Émile Derlin Zinsou, Fritz Stern, Hanoi Hannah, and Anne Jackson. After him are Ali Javan, Pierre Tchernia, Ruth Leuwerik, Robert Fano, Lutz D. Schmadel, and Jiří Tichý.
1928 - 2023
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 339
1928 - 2010
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 340
1928 - 2009
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 341
1928 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 342
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 343
1928 - 1990
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 344
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 345
1928 - 2008
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 346
1928 - 2014
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 347
1928 - 2014
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 348
1928 - 2012
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 349
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 350
1928 - 2018
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 351
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 284
1924 - 2016
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 285
1918 - 2016
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 286
1926 - 2016
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 287
1931 - 2016
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 288
1925 - 2016
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 289
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 290
1926 - 2016
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 291
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 292
1924 - 2016
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 293
1917 - 2016
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 294
1942 - 2016
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 295
1933 - 2016
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 296
Among people born in Ireland, William Trevor ranks 190 out of 501. Before him are Herbert Brenon (1880), Yvonne Farrell (1951), Jane Wilde (1821), Richard Steele (1672), Tim O'Reilly (1954), and Patrick Hillery (1923). After him are Pat McDonald (1878), William Quan Judge (1851), Robbie Keane (1980), Veronica Guerin (1958), George Moore (1852), and Matt McGrath (1875).
1880 - 1958
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 184
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 185
1821 - 1896
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 186
1672 - 1729
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 187
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 188
1923 - 2008
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 189
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 190
1878 - 1954
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 191
1851 - 1896
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 192
1980 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 193
1958 - 1996
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 194
1852 - 1933
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 195
1875 - 1941
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 196
Among writers born in Ireland, William Trevor ranks 30. Before him are Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Edna O'Brien (1930), Seán O'Casey (1880), Maeve Binchy (1939), Jane Wilde (1821), and Richard Steele (1672). After him are George Moore (1852), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), John Boyne (1971), Michael Scott (1959), William McGonagall (1825), and Eoin Colfer (1965).
1852 - 1932
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 24
1930 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 25
1880 - 1964
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 26
1939 - 2012
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 27
1821 - 1896
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 28
1672 - 1729
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 29
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 30
1852 - 1933
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 31
1899 - 1973
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 32
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 33
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 34
1825 - 1902
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 35
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 36