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.Best known for his poem "Howl", Ginsberg 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 6,037,154 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia. Allen Ginsberg is the 505th most popular writer (down from 497th in 2019), the 513th most popular biography from United States (up from 515th in 2019) and the 55th 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 505 out of 5,755. Before him are John le Carré, Nadine Gordimer, Beatrix Potter, Francesca da Rimini, Jean Paul, and Al-Maʿarri. After him are Saul Bellow, Héloïse, Marina Tsvetaeva, George R. R. Martin, J. M. Barrie, and Rudaki.
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 499
1923 - 2014
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 500
1866 - 1943
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 501
1259 - 1285
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 502
1763 - 1825
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 503
973 - 1057
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 504
1926 - 1997
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 505
1915 - 2005
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 506
1101 - 1164
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 507
1892 - 1941
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 508
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 509
1860 - 1937
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 510
860 - 941
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 511
Among people born in 1926, Allen Ginsberg ranks 24. Before him are René Goscinny, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Hugh Hefner, Paul Bocuse, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, and John Coltrane. After him are Harper Lee, Ivan Illich, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Jerry Lewis, Clifford Geertz, and David Attenborough. Among people deceased in 1997, Allen Ginsberg ranks 23. Before him are Hans Eysenck, Isaiah Berlin, William S. Burroughs, Sviatoslav Richter, Melvin Calvin, and Robert Mitchum. After him are Roy Lichtenstein, Bảo Đại, Fred Zinnemann, Aldo Rossi, Dora Maar, and Burgess Meredith.
1926 - 1977
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 18
1926 - 2004
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 19
1926 - 2017
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 20
1926 - 2018
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 21
1926 - 2002
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 22
1926 - 1967
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 23
1926 - 1997
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 24
1926 - 2016
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 25
1926 - 2002
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 26
1926 - Present
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 27
1926 - 2017
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 28
1926 - 2006
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 29
1926 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 30
1916 - 1997
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 17
1909 - 1997
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 18
1914 - 1997
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 19
1915 - 1997
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 20
1911 - 1997
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 21
1917 - 1997
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 22
1926 - 1997
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 23
1923 - 1997
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 24
1913 - 1997
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 25
1907 - 1997
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 26
1931 - 1997
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 27
1907 - 1997
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 28
1907 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 29
Among people born in United States, Allen Ginsberg ranks 513 out of 18,182. Before him are Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), John Kerry (1943), Robert Mitchum (1917), Leonard Nimoy (1931), Romina Power (1951), and John Malkovich (1953). After him are Kary Mullis (1944), Richard Kiel (1939), George R. R. Martin (1948), William Alfred Fowler (1911), Peter Fonda (1940), and Betty White (1922).
1868 - 1944
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 507
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 508
1917 - 1997
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 509
1931 - 2015
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 510
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 511
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 512
1926 - 1997
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 513
1944 - 2019
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 514
1939 - 2014
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 515
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 516
1911 - 1995
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 517
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 518
1922 - 2021
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 519
Among writers born in United States, Allen Ginsberg ranks 55. Before him are William S. Burroughs (1914), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), Ellen G. White (1827), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Kurt Vonnegut (1922), and Harriet Tubman (1820). After him are George R. R. Martin (1948), Harper Lee (1926), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Sidney Sheldon (1917), T. S. Eliot (1888), and Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875).
1914 - 1997
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 49
1804 - 1864
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 50
1827 - 1915
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 51
1907 - 1988
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 52
1922 - 2007
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 53
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 54
1926 - 1997
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 55
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 56
1926 - 2016
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 57
1811 - 1896
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 58
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 59
1888 - 1965
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 60
1875 - 1950
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 61