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William Wharton

1925 - 2008

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Albert William Du Aime (November 7, 1925 – October 29, 2008), more commonly known by his pen name William Wharton, was an American-born author best known for his first novel Birdy, which was also made into a critically acclaimed film of the same name in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Wharton has received more than 8,539 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Wharton is the 4,376th most popular writer (down from 3,967th in 2019), the 5,840th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,358th in 2019) and the 470th most popular American Writer.

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  • 8.5k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Wharton ranks 4,376 out of 7,302. Before him are Ahmet Altan, Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Vicente Espinel, Jurij Koch, Otar Chiladze, and Ivar Lo-Johansson. After him are Brian O'Nolan, Yervant Odian, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Roberto Saviano, Marek Hłasko, and M. R. James.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, William Wharton ranks 297. Before him are Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Ilona Novák, Leslie Laing, Italo De Zan, Alec McCowen, and Yury Trifonov. After him are Burkhard Heim, Bert Bolin, Michal Vičan, Carlo Di Palma, Amparo Rivelles, and David A. Huffman. Among people deceased in 2008, William Wharton ranks 210. Before him are Nikola Kljusev, Olga Lepeshinskaya, Christodoulos of Athens, Van Johnson, Badri Patarkatsishvili, and Buck Adams. After him are Ricardo Infante, Károly Németh, Abdulah Gegić, Mario Rigoni Stern, Leonard Rosenman, and Janwillem van de Wetering.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Wharton ranks 5,840 out of 20,380. Before him are Andy Griffith (1926), Steven Zaillian (1953), Debra Messing (1968), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), John Abercrombie (1944), and Taylor Hawkins (1972). After him are Jonathan Pollard (1954), Jason Scott Lee (1966), Ellen Corby (1911), Ralph Towner (1940), Jeanette MacDonald (1903), and Joe Manganiello (1976).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Wharton ranks 470. Before him are Mike Resnick (1942), Helen Prejean (1939), Connie Willis (1945), Larry Collins (1929), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), and William Gaddis (1922). After him are Arthur Golden (1956), Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Norman Lear (1922), David Baldacci (1960), Anna Katharine Green (1846), and Greg Bear (1951).

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