1928 - 1974
Anne Sexton (born Anne Gray Harvey; November 9, 1928 – October 4, 1974) was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anne Sexton has received more than 1,354,078 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Anne Sexton is the 1,925th most popular writer (up from 1,979th in 2019), the 2,507th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,481st in 2019) and the 226th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Anne Sexton ranks 1,925 out of 5,755. Before her are Sanai, Theodore I, Jaume Cabré, Bella Akhmadulina, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, and Stefania Wilczyńska. After her are Mariano José de Larra, Rhonda Byrne, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Mohammed Dib, Niccolò de' Niccoli, and Tawfiq al-Hakim.
1080 - 1131
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 1,919
1290 - 1338
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 1,920
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 1,921
1937 - 2010
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 1,922
1786 - 1859
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 1,923
1886 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 1,924
1928 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 1,925
1809 - 1837
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 1,926
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 1,927
1952 - 1997
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 1,928
1920 - 2003
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 1,929
1365 - 1437
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 1,930
1898 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 1,931
Among people born in 1928, Anne Sexton ranks 154. Before her are László Budai, Ali Kafi, Peter Naur, Joseph Kittinger, Gustavo Gutiérrez, and Alexis Korner. After her are Ulric Neisser, Jo Schlesser, Bob Cousy, Ralph Waite, Héctor Rial, and Pancho Gonzales. Among people deceased in 1974, Anne Sexton ranks 67. Before her are Pietro Germi, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Junio Valerio Borghese, Georgios Grivas, Wolf Messing, and Eurico Gaspar Dutra. After her are Princess Patricia of Connaught, Aman Andom, Jean Daniélou, Werner Lorenz, Ayub Khan, and Marcel Achard.
1928 - 1983
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 148
1928 - 2013
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 149
1928 - 2016
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 150
1928 - 2022
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 151
1928 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 152
1928 - 1984
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 153
1928 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 154
1928 - 2012
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 155
1928 - 1968
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 156
1928 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 157
1928 - 2014
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 158
1928 - 1991
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 159
1928 - 1995
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 160
1914 - 1974
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 61
1877 - 1974
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 62
1906 - 1974
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 63
1897 - 1974
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 64
1899 - 1974
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 65
1883 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 66
1928 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 67
1886 - 1974
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 68
1924 - 1974
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 69
1905 - 1974
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 70
1891 - 1974
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 71
1907 - 1974
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 72
1899 - 1974
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 73
Among people born in United States, Anne Sexton ranks 2,507 out of 18,182. Before her are Sam Wood (1883), Julian Schnabel (1951), William Baldwin (1963), Sean Young (1959), Susan Flannery (1939), and Will Ferrell (1967). After her are Frances Arnold (1956), Jane Darwell (1879), Robert Culp (1930), Dean Cain (1966), Thelma Ritter (1902), and Dorothea Tanning (1910).
1883 - 1949
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 2,501
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 2,502
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 2,503
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 2,504
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 2,505
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 2,506
1928 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 2,507
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 2,508
1879 - 1967
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 2,509
1930 - 2010
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 2,510
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 2,511
1902 - 1969
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 2,512
1910 - 2012
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 2,513
Among writers born in United States, Anne Sexton ranks 226. Before her are Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Kathy Reichs (1948), Nora Ephron (1941), Ross Macdonald (1915), Shirley Jackson (1916), and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815). After her are Kate Millett (1934), Tony Robbins (1960), Alfred Bester (1913), John Grinder (1940), Ed McBain (1926), and Chuck Palahniuk (1962).
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 220
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 221
1941 - 2012
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 222
1915 - 1983
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 223
1916 - 1965
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 224
1815 - 1902
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 225
1928 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 226
1934 - 2017
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 227
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 228
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 229
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 230
1926 - 2005
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 231
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 232