1909 - 1971
August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the cosmic horror genre, as well as his founding of the publisher Arkham House (which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK), Derleth was a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography. A 1938 Guggenheim Fellow, Derleth considered his most serious work to be the ambitious Sac Prairie Saga, a series of fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and non-fiction naturalist works designed to memorialize life in the Wisconsin he knew. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Derleth has received more than 531,315 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. August Derleth is the 2,027th most popular writer (up from 2,176th in 2019), the 2,647th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,739th in 2019) and the 242nd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, August Derleth ranks 2,027 out of 5,755. Before him are Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Michel de Ghelderode, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Mustafa Balel, David Morrell, and James Herriot. After him are Phylarchus, Philip Sidney, Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, Nordahl Grieg, Jacques Amyot, and Honoré d'Urfé.
1889 - 1956
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 2,021
1898 - 1962
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 2,022
1888 - 1963
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 2,023
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 2,024
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,025
1916 - 1995
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,026
1909 - 1971
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,027
255 BC - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,028
1554 - 1586
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,029
100 - 66
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 2,030
1902 - 1943
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 2,031
1513 - 1593
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 2,032
1567 - 1625
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 2,033
Among people born in 1909, August Derleth ranks 96. Before him are Edwin H. Land, Eduard Wirths, Atsushi Nakajima, Matti Järvinen, Adolfo López Mateos, and Nelson Algren. After him are Karl Schäfer, Adib Shishakli, Isa Miranda, André Abegglen, Hendrik Casimir, and Wolfgang Reitherman. Among people deceased in 1971, August Derleth ranks 66. Before him are Philippe Thys, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Hermann Ehrhardt, Paul Lukas, and Erich Abraham. After him are John W. Campbell, T. V. Soong, Joseph Valachi, Royal Rife, Viktor Patsayev, and Philo Farnsworth.
1909 - 1991
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 90
1909 - 1945
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 91
1909 - 1942
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 92
1909 - 1985
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 93
1909 - 1969
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 94
1909 - 1981
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 95
1909 - 1971
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 96
1909 - 1976
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 97
1909 - 1964
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 98
1909 - 1982
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 99
1909 - 1944
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 100
1909 - 2000
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 101
1909 - 1985
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 102
1889 - 1971
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 60
1896 - 1971
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 61
1902 - 1971
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 62
1881 - 1971
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 63
1894 - 1971
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 64
1895 - 1971
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 65
1909 - 1971
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 66
1910 - 1971
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 67
1894 - 1971
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 68
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 69
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 70
1933 - 1971
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 71
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 72
Among people born in United States, August Derleth ranks 2,647 out of 18,182. Before him are Pam Grier (1949), Angelo Dundee (1921), Carly Simon (1945), Pancho Gonzales (1928), Arlene Dahl (1925), and Ted Levine (1957). After him are Kristen Stewart (1990), Howard Zinn (1922), Dyanne Thorne (1936), Dennis Farina (1944), Bo Derek (1956), and Zendaya (1996).
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 2,641
1921 - 2012
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 2,642
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 2,643
1928 - 1995
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 2,644
1925 - 2021
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,645
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,646
1909 - 1971
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,647
1990 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,648
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,649
1936 - 2020
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,650
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,651
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,652
1996 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 2,653
Among writers born in United States, August Derleth ranks 242. Before him are Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Carl Sandburg (1878), Harlan Coben (1962), Michael Cunningham (1952), Nelson Algren (1909), and Joseph Heller (1923). After him are Annie Proulx (1935), John W. Campbell (1910), James M. Cain (1892), William Moulton Marston (1893), Erich Segal (1937), and Djuna Barnes (1892).
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 236
1878 - 1967
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 237
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 238
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 239
1909 - 1981
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 240
1923 - 1999
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 241
1909 - 1971
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 242
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 243
1910 - 1971
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 244
1892 - 1977
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 245
1893 - 1947
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 246
1937 - 2010
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 247
1892 - 1982
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 248