Writer

Pearl S. Buck

American writer

1892 - 1973

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Pearl S. Buck

Her biography is available in 109 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 106 in 2024). Pearl S. Buck is the 214th most popular writer (up from 292nd in 2024), the 209th most popular biography from United States (up from 254th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Writer.

Pearl S. Buck was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, and essays. She is most famous for her novel The Good Earth.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Pearl S. Buck ranks 214 out of 7,302. Before her are Svetlana Alexievich, Terry Pratchett, Terence, Frédéric Mistral, Karel Čapek, and Carlo Goldoni. After her are George Sand, Roger Martin du Gard, Janusz Korczak, Constantine VII, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, and Torquato Tasso.

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Svetlana Alexievich
1948 - Present
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 208
Terry Pratchett
1948 - 2015
HPI: 78.12
Rank: 209
Terence
185 BC - 159 BC
HPI: 78.08
Rank: 210
Frédéric Mistral
1830 - 1914
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 211
Karel Čapek
1890 - 1938
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 212
Carlo Goldoni
1707 - 1793
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 213
Pearl S. Buck
1892 - 1973
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 214
George Sand
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HPI: 77.79
Rank: 215
Roger Martin du Gard
1881 - 1958
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 216
Janusz Korczak
1878 - 1942
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 217
Constantine VII
905 - 959
HPI: 77.72
Rank: 218
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
1894 - 1961
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 219
Torquato Tasso
1544 - 1595
HPI: 77.60
Rank: 220

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Pearl S. Buck ranks 11. Before her are Edward Victor Appleton, Louis de Broglie, Mary Pickford, Ivo Andrić, Walter Benjamin, and Zita of Bourbon-Parma. After her are Manfred von Richthofen, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Alexander Alekhine, Amanullah Khan, and Sepp Dietrich. Among people deceased in 1973, Pearl S. Buck ranks 10. Before her are Pablo Neruda, David Ben-Gurion, Salvador Allende, Erich von Manstein, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, and Lyndon B. Johnson. After her are Fulgencio Batista, W. H. Auden, Walter Ulbricht, İsmet İnönü, J. Hans D. Jensen, and Ivan Konev.

Others Born in 1892

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Edward Victor Appleton
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1965
HPI: 83.64
Rank: 5
Louis de Broglie
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1987
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 6
Mary Pickford
ACTOR
1892 - 1979
HPI: 81.55
Rank: 7
Ivo Andrić
WRITER
1892 - 1975
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 8
Walter Benjamin
PHILOSOPHER
1892 - 1940
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 9
Zita of Bourbon-Parma
COMPANION
1892 - 1989
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 10
Pearl S. Buck
WRITER
1892 - 1973
HPI: 77.88
Rank: 11
Manfred von Richthofen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1892 - 1918
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 12
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1946
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 13
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
WRITER
1892 - 1927
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 14
Alexander Alekhine
CHESS PLAYER
1892 - 1946
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 15
Amanullah Khan
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1960
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 16
Sepp Dietrich
COMPANION
1892 - 1966
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 17