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Francis Scott Key

American lawyer and poet

1779 - 1843

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His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Francis Scott Key is the 3,711th most popular writer (up from 3,803rd in 2024), the 5,363rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,868th in 2019) and the 418th most popular American Writer.

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Francis Scott Key's biography spans 33 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 58.72.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Francis Scott Key ranks 3,711 out of 7,707. Before him are Eva Illouz, François de La Mothe Le Vayer, Procopius of Gaza, Norman Vincent Peale, Felix Timmermans, and Ian Rankin. After him are Jesús Moncada, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Orhan Veli Kanık, Staka Skenderova, Símun av Skarði, and Adam Bohorič.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, Francis Scott Key ranks 25. Before him are Infanta María Amalia of Spain, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Archduke Anton Victor of Austria, Jean Coralli, Augustin Saint-Hilaire, and Adam Müller. After him are Johann Schweigger, Louis de Freycinet, Ali-Morad Khan Zand, Filippo Paulucci, Washington Allston, and Joel Roberts Poinsett. Among people deceased in 1843, Francis Scott Key ranks 22. Before him are Charles Macintosh, Alexis Bouvard, Casimir Delavigne, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Jakob Friedrich Fries, and Ippolito Rosellini. After him are John Trumbull, Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, John Biscoe, Hirata Atsutane, Sylvestre François Lacroix, and Friedrich von Adelung.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Francis Scott Key ranks 5,363 out of 23,232. Before him are Oliver Kirk (1884), Jon Krakauer (1954), Kaʻahumanu (1768), Ward Bond (1903), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), and Freddie Hubbard (1938). After him are Sumner Paine (1868), Angry Grandpa (1950), Ed Lee (1952), Art Carney (1918), Adrienne Barbeau (1945), and Roger Sessions (1896).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, Francis Scott Key ranks 418. Before him are Octavia E. Butler (1947), Steve Berry (1955), Charles Fort (1874), Janet Asimov (1926), Shere Hite (1942), and Norman Vincent Peale (1898). After him are Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), Reginald Rose (1920), Peter Gould (1950), Helen Churchill Candee (1858), Robert W. Chambers (1865), and Mercedes de Acosta (1892).

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