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 468,418 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). August Derleth is the 2,177th most popular writer (up from 2,473rd in 2019), the 2,740th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,966th in 2019) and the 263rd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, August Derleth ranks 2,177 out of 5,794. Before him are Daqiqi, Servius Sulpicius Rufus, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Inger Christensen, and Vasyl Sukhomlynsky. After him are Alfred Bester, Alain Ducasse, Erich Fried, Walter of Châtillon, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, and Jeremias Gotthelf.
1000 - 977
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 2,171
100 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 2,172
301 - 301
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 2,173
1836 - 1861
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 2,174
1935 - 2009
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 2,175
1918 - 1970
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2,176
1909 - 1971
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,177
1913 - 1987
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,178
1956 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,179
1921 - 1988
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,180
1135 - 1201
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,181
1732 - 1776
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,182
1797 - 1854
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,183
Among people born in 1909, August Derleth ranks 100. Before him are Homi J. Bhabha, Bernd Rosemeyer, Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, André Abegglen, Gerhard Gentzen, and Lamberto Maggiorani. After him are Attilio Demaría, Karl Schäfer, Olga Rubtsova, Ryszard Siwiec, Hendrik Casimir, and Gottfried von Cramm. Among people deceased in 1971, August Derleth ranks 67. Before him are John W. Campbell, Paul Lukas, József Zakariás, Duane Allman, Pedro Rodríguez, and Hermann Ehrhardt. After him are Amet-khan Sultan, Erich Abraham, Dimitrios Loundras, Joseph Valachi, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, and Mak Dizdar.
1909 - 1966
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 94
1909 - 1938
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 95
1909 - 1977
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 96
1909 - 1944
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 97
1909 - 1945
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 98
1909 - 1983
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 99
1909 - 1971
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 100
1909 - 1990
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 101
1909 - 1976
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 102
1909 - 1994
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 103
1909 - 1968
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 104
1909 - 2000
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 105
1909 - 1976
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 106
1910 - 1971
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 61
1894 - 1971
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 62
1924 - 1971
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 63
1946 - 1971
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 64
1940 - 1971
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 65
1881 - 1971
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 66
1909 - 1971
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 67
1920 - 1971
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 68
1895 - 1971
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 69
1885 - 1971
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 70
1904 - 1971
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 71
1896 - 1971
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 72
1917 - 1971
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 73
Among people born in United States, August Derleth ranks 2,740 out of 15,968. Before him are Jessye Norman (1945), Jim Thorpe (1887), Donald Davidson (1917), Tina Aumont (1946), Tommy Bolin (1951), and Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901). After him are Harpo Marx (1888), Treat Williams (1951), Alfred Bester (1913), Pat Riley (1945), James J. Gibson (1904), and Lois Chiles (1947).
1945 - 2019
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2,734
1887 - 1953
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2,735
1917 - 2003
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,736
1946 - 2006
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,737
1951 - 1976
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,738
1901 - 1967
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,739
1909 - 1971
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,740
1888 - 1964
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,741
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,742
1913 - 1987
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,743
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 2,744
1904 - 1979
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 2,745
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 2,746
Among writers born in United States, August Derleth ranks 263. Before him are Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Robert Jordan (1948), Ida Tarbell (1857), Harlan Ellison (1934), Anne McCaffrey (1926), and William Peter Blatty (1928). After him are Alfred Bester (1913), John Barth (1930), David Eddings (1931), Fritz Leiber (1910), Leon Uris (1924), and Larry Niven (1938).
1889 - 1970
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 257
1948 - 2007
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 258
1857 - 1944
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 259
1934 - 2018
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 260
1926 - 2011
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 261
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 262
1909 - 1971
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 263
1913 - 1987
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 264
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 265
1931 - 2009
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 266
1910 - 1992
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 267
1924 - 2003
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 268
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 269