1911 - 2014
Bella Kaufman (May 10, 1911 – July 25, 2014) was an American teacher and author, well known for writing the bestselling 1964 novel Up the Down Staircase. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bel Kaufman has received more than 127,396 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bel Kaufman is the 4,039th most popular writer (up from 4,507th in 2019), the 3,785th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,805th in 2019) and the 238th most popular German Writer.
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Among writers, Bel Kaufman ranks 4,039 out of 5,755. Before her are Akazome Emon, Pierre Pithou, Edna O'Brien, Charles Malik, Aurora Mardiganian, and Leopold Staff. After her are Arturo Uslar Pietri, Joe Abercrombie, Richard Hughes, Thomas Friedman, Michael Morpurgo, and Ari Behn.
956 - 1041
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 4,033
1539 - 1596
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 4,034
1930 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 4,035
1906 - 1987
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 4,036
1901 - 1994
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 4,037
1878 - 1957
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 4,038
1911 - 2014
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 4,039
1906 - 2001
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 4,040
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 4,041
1900 - 1976
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 4,042
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 4,043
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 4,044
1972 - 2019
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 4,045
Among people born in 1911, Bel Kaufman ranks 198. Before her are Sándor Bíró, Ellen Corby, Nicolae Kovács, Brian O'Nolan, Leif Erickson, and Jean Shiley. After her are Lisa Fonssagrives, Stan Kenton, Milorad B. Protić, Butterfly McQueen, Gavriil Kachalin, and Betty Robinson. Among people deceased in 2014, Bel Kaufman ranks 234. Before her are René Llense, Pierre Bec, Dave Legeno, Lilli Carati, Gough Whitlam, and Ernie Terrell. After her are Abdul Qadir, James Shigeta, Małgorzata Braunek, Victor J. Stenger, Ryhor Baradulin, and Valeriya Novodvorskaya.
1911 - 1988
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 192
1911 - 1999
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 193
1911 - 1977
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 194
1911 - 1966
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 195
1911 - 1986
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 196
1911 - 1998
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 197
1911 - 2014
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 198
1911 - 1992
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 199
1911 - 1979
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 200
1911 - 2001
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 201
1911 - 1995
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 202
1911 - 1995
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 203
1911 - 1999
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 204
1913 - 2014
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 228
1921 - 2014
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 229
1963 - 2014
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 230
1956 - 2014
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 231
1916 - 2014
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 232
1939 - 2014
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 233
1911 - 2014
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 234
1944 - 2014
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 235
1929 - 2014
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 236
1947 - 2014
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 237
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 238
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 239
1950 - 2014
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 240
Among people born in Germany, Bel Kaufman ranks 3,785 out of 6,142. Before her are Otto von Emmich (1848), Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (1914), Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt (1669), Nur Fettahoğlu (1980), Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825), and Uwe Bein (1960). After her are Heinz Müller (1924), Maxi Herber (1920), Martha Mödl (1912), Julius Rietz (1812), Emil Warburg (1846), and Walter Bruch (1908).
1848 - 1915
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 3,779
1914 - 2005
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 3,780
1669 - 1705
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 3,781
1980 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 3,782
1825 - 1884
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3,783
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3,784
1911 - 2014
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3,785
1924 - 1975
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3,786
1920 - 2006
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3,787
1912 - 2001
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 3,788
1812 - 1877
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 3,789
1846 - 1931
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 3,790
1908 - 1990
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 3,791
Among writers born in Germany, Bel Kaufman ranks 238. Before her are Brigitte Hamann (1940), Erich Weinert (1890), Bruno Apitz (1900), Louise Otto-Peters (1819), Uwe Timm (1940), and Detlev von Liliencron (1844). After her are Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901), Fritz Reuter (1810), Maximilian Harden (1861), Robert Jungk (1913), Philipp Nicolai (1556), and Georg Sauerwein (1831).
1940 - 2016
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 232
1890 - 1953
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 233
1900 - 1979
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 234
1819 - 1895
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 235
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 236
1844 - 1909
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 237
1911 - 2014
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 238
1901 - 1974
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 239
1810 - 1874
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 240
1861 - 1927
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 241
1913 - 1994
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 242
1556 - 1608
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 243
1831 - 1904
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 244