1926 - 2011
Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, Weyr Search, 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, Dragonrider, 1969). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne McCaffrey has received more than 883,352 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Anne McCaffrey is the 2,499th most popular writer (down from 2,138th in 2019), the 3,243rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,673rd in 2019) and the 287th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Anne McCaffrey ranks 2,499 out of 5,755. Before her are Emma Jung, William Peter Blatty, Francisco Ayala, Maciej Stryjkowski, Édouard Glissant, and E. Nesbit. After her are Vasko Popa, Larry Niven, Alessandro Baricco, Juan Ruiz, James Aldridge, and Jack Williamson.
1882 - 1955
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 2,493
1928 - 2017
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 2,494
1906 - 2009
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,495
1547 - 1593
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,496
1928 - 2011
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,497
1858 - 1924
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,498
1926 - 2011
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 2,499
1922 - 1991
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 2,500
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,501
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,502
1283 - 1350
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,503
1918 - 2015
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,504
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,505
Among people born in 1926, Anne McCaffrey ranks 163. Before her are Alfonso Sastre, Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, John G. Kemeny, Muhammad al-Badr, Richard Anderson, and Judith Malina. After her are Mahasweta Devi, Karel Kosík, Choi Eun-hee, Jambyn Batmönkh, Claudio Villa, and Konstantin Feoktistov. Among people deceased in 2011, Anne McCaffrey ranks 123. Before her are Inese Jaunzeme, Jackie Cooper, Nikolai Andrianov, Kurt Sanderling, Lazar Mojsov, and Édouard Glissant. After her are Peter Yates, Loriot, Jesús María Pereda, Clarence Clemons, Randy Savage, and Farley Granger.
1926 - 2021
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 157
1926 - 2012
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 158
1926 - 1992
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 159
1926 - 1996
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 160
1926 - 2017
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 161
1926 - 2015
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 162
1926 - 2011
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 163
1926 - 2016
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 164
1926 - 2003
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 165
1926 - 2018
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 166
1926 - 1997
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 167
1926 - 1987
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 168
1926 - 2009
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 169
1932 - 2011
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 117
1922 - 2011
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 118
1952 - 2011
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 119
1912 - 2011
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 120
1920 - 2011
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 121
1928 - 2011
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 122
1926 - 2011
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 123
1929 - 2011
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 124
1923 - 2011
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 125
1938 - 2011
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 126
1942 - 2011
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 127
1952 - 2011
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 128
1925 - 2011
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 129
Among people born in United States, Anne McCaffrey ranks 3,243 out of 18,182. Before her are William Peter Blatty (1928), Alvin Hansen (1887), Brenda Lee (1944), Chris Gardner (1954), Josh Hartnett (1978), and Tia Carrere (1967). After her are Stone Cold Steve Austin (1964), Gene Amdahl (1922), Peter Cetera (1944), Max Baer (1909), Michael C. Hall (1971), and Larry Niven (1938).
1928 - 2017
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 3,237
1887 - 1975
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 3,238
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 3,239
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 3,240
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 3,241
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 3,242
1926 - 2011
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 3,243
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 3,244
1922 - 2015
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 3,245
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 3,246
1909 - 1959
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 3,247
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 3,248
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 3,249
Among writers born in United States, Anne McCaffrey ranks 287. Before her are Neil Simon (1927), Jim Thompson (1906), Howard Fast (1914), Richard Wright (1908), John Zerzan (1943), and William Peter Blatty (1928). After her are Larry Niven (1938), Jack Williamson (1908), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Eric Roth (1945), and Lawrence Block (1938).
1927 - 2018
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 281
1906 - 1977
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 282
1914 - 2003
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 283
1908 - 1960
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 284
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 285
1928 - 2017
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 286
1926 - 2011
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 287
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 288
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 289
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 290
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 291
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 292
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 293