1926 - 1997
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism, and sexual repression, and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex, multiculturalism, hostility to bureaucracy, and openness to Eastern religions.Ginsberg is best known for his poem "Howl", in which he denounced what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allen Ginsberg has received more than 5,545,751 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Allen Ginsberg is the 497th most popular writer (down from 437th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from United States (down from 402nd in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Writer.
Allen Ginsberg is most famous for his poem "Howl" and his involvement in the Beat Generation.
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Among writers, Allen Ginsberg ranks 497 out of 5,794. Before him are Washington Irving, Saint-John Perse, Robert A. Heinlein, Jules Michelet, Ludvig Holberg, and George Eliot. After him are D. H. Lawrence, Octavio Paz, Muhammad Iqbal, Frank Herbert, Ellen G. White, and George Steiner.
1783 - 1859
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 491
1887 - 1975
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 492
1907 - 1988
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 493
1798 - 1874
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 494
1684 - 1754
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 495
1819 - 1880
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 496
1926 - 1997
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 497
1885 - 1930
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 498
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 499
1877 - 1938
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 500
1920 - 1986
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 501
1827 - 1915
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 502
1929 - 2020
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 503
Among people born in 1926, Allen Ginsberg ranks 24. Before him are Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Jerry Lewis, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Paul Bocuse, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, and John Coltrane. After him are Ivan Illich, Harper Lee, Clifford Geertz, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Jack Brabham, and Louise Hay. Among people deceased in 1997, Allen Ginsberg ranks 19. Before him are Anton LaVey, Hans Eysenck, Sviatoslav Richter, Paulo Freire, The Notorious B.I.G., and William S. Burroughs. After him are Bảo Đại, Bohumil Hrabal, Isaiah Berlin, Clyde Tombaugh, Fred Zinnemann, and Dora Maar.
1926 - 2004
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 18
1926 - 2017
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 19
1926 - 2011
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 20
1926 - 2018
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 21
1926 - 2002
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 22
1926 - 1967
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 23
1926 - 1997
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 24
1926 - 2002
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 25
1926 - 2016
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 26
1926 - 2006
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 27
1926 - Present
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 28
1926 - 2014
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 29
1926 - 2017
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 30
1930 - 1997
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 13
1916 - 1997
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 14
1915 - 1997
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 15
1921 - 1997
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 16
1972 - 1997
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 17
1914 - 1997
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 18
1926 - 1997
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 19
1913 - 1997
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 20
1914 - 1997
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 21
1909 - 1997
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 22
1906 - 1997
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 23
1907 - 1997
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 24
1907 - 1997
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 25
Among people born in United States, Allen Ginsberg ranks 515 out of 15,968. Before him are Terrence Malick (1943), Jack Kilby (1923), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Kris Jenner (1955), George A. Romero (1940), and Dennis Ritchie (1941). After him are William Holden (1918), Babe Ruth (1895), Jim Jones (1931), Michael Landon (1936), Lou Reed (1942), and Frank Herbert (1920).
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 509
1923 - 2005
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 510
1907 - 1988
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 511
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 512
1940 - 2017
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 513
1941 - 2011
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 514
1926 - 1997
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 515
1918 - 1981
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 516
1895 - 1948
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 517
1931 - 1978
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 518
1936 - 1991
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 519
1942 - 2013
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 520
1920 - 1986
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 521
Among writers born in United States, Allen Ginsberg ranks 58. Before him are Susan Sontag (1933), Tennessee Williams (1911), Sidney Sheldon (1917), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), Washington Irving (1783), and Robert A. Heinlein (1907). After him are Frank Herbert (1920), Ellen G. White (1827), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Harper Lee (1926), Harriet Tubman (1820), and George R. R. Martin (1948).
1933 - 2004
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 52
1911 - 1983
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 53
1917 - 2007
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 54
1927 - 2020
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 55
1783 - 1859
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 56
1907 - 1988
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 57
1926 - 1997
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 58
1920 - 1986
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 59
1827 - 1915
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 60
1811 - 1896
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 61
1926 - 2016
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 62
1820 - 1913
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 63
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 64