1941 - 2021
Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature. She was best known for her series of novels The Vampire Chronicles. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne Rice has received more than 3,694,002 page views. Her biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Anne Rice is the 607th most popular writer (up from 814th in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from United States (up from 867th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Writer.
Anne Rice is most famous for her novels, The Vampire Chronicles, which she published from 1976 to 2003.
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Among writers, Anne Rice ranks 607 out of 5,755. Before her are Camilo José Cela, France Prešeren, Pierre Loti, Anton Makarenko, John Donne, and Ludwig Tieck. After her are Walther von der Vogelweide, Ivar Aasen, Novatian, Alexander Herzen, Hermann Broch, and Harry Martinson.
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 601
1800 - 1849
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 602
1850 - 1923
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 603
1888 - 1939
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 604
1572 - 1631
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 605
1773 - 1853
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 606
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 607
1170 - 1230
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 608
1813 - 1896
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 609
220 - 258
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 610
1812 - 1870
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 611
1886 - 1951
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 612
1904 - 1978
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 613
Among people born in 1941, Anne Rice ranks 45. Before her are Gheorghe Zamfir, Art Garfunkel, Riccardo Muti, Wolfgang Petersen, Ali Hassan al-Majid, and Dennis Ritchie. After her are Jürgen Prochnow, Chick Corea, Bobby Moore, Ryan O'Neal, Michael D. Higgins, and Eric Burdon. Among people deceased in 2021, Anne Rice ranks 31. Before her are Richard Rogers, Sonny Chiba, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Lars Vilks, Donald Rumsfeld, and Carlos Menem. After her are Abimael Guzmán, Bernard Haitink, Steven Weinberg, Hans Küng, Frank Williams, and Chick Corea.
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 39
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 40
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 41
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 42
1941 - 2010
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 43
1941 - 2011
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 44
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 45
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 46
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 47
1941 - 1993
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 48
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 49
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 50
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 51
1933 - 2021
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 25
1939 - 2021
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 26
1935 - 2021
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 27
1946 - 2021
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 28
1932 - 2021
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 29
1930 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 30
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 31
1934 - 2021
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 32
1929 - 2021
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 33
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 34
1928 - 2021
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 35
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 36
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 37
Among people born in United States, Anne Rice ranks 646 out of 18,182. Before her are Martin Cooper (1928), Hulk Hogan (1953), John Cazale (1935), Dennis Ritchie (1941), Bill Cosby (1937), and Tommy Hilfiger (1951). After her are George A. Romero (1940), William Hanna (1910), Billie Jean King (1943), Howard Hawks (1896), Lady Gaga (1986), and Don Shirley (1927).
1928 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 640
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 641
1935 - 1978
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 642
1941 - 2011
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 643
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 644
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 645
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 646
1940 - 2017
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 647
1910 - 2001
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 648
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 649
1896 - 1977
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 650
1986 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 651
1927 - 2013
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 652
Among writers born in United States, Anne Rice ranks 67. Before her are Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Washington Irving (1783), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Theodore Dreiser (1871), Thomas Wolfe (1900), and Michael Crichton (1942). After her are Robert Ludlum (1927), John Irving (1942), Thomas Harris (1940), Robert E. Howard (1906), William Saroyan (1908), and Maya Angelou (1928).
1875 - 1950
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 61
1783 - 1859
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 62
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 63
1871 - 1945
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 64
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 65
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 66
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 67
1927 - 2001
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 68
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 69
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 70
1906 - 1936
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 71
1908 - 1981
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 72
1928 - 2014
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 73