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Bell hooks

1952 - 2021

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Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks (stylized in lowercase), was an American author, theorist, educator, and social critic who was a Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College. She was best known for her writings on race, feminism, and class. She used the lower-case spelling of her name to decenter herself and draw attention to her work instead. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bell hooks has received more than 4,676,007 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Bell hooks is the 3,462nd most popular writer (down from 2,647th in 2019), the 4,426th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,461st in 2019) and the 367th most popular American Writer.

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  • 4.7M

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  • 58.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bell hooks ranks 3,462 out of 7,302. Before her are Frédéric Dard, Nemesianus, Akazome Emon, Peter Straub, Mercedes de Acosta, and Doria Shafik. After her are Laurence Oliphant, Gioconda Belli, Carl Robert Jakobson, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, H.D., and Merab Kostava.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Bell hooks ranks 233. Before her are Javier Urruticoechea, Pat Cox, Adi Shamir, Lazar Ristovski, Bora Đorđević, and John Finn. After her are Benny Urquidez, Yasuhiko Okudera, Jeff Lindsay, Abdalá Bucaram, Gabriele Oriali, and Kim Stanley Robinson. Among people deceased in 2021, Bell hooks ranks 255. Before her are Henri Schwery, B. J. Thomas, Norman Lloyd, Milkha Singh, Tahir Salahov, and Jaime Lerner. After her are James Michael Tyler, Colin Bell, Charles Konan Banny, John Magufuli, Carlos Correia, and Dimitri Kitsikis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bell hooks ranks 4,426 out of 20,380. Before her are John Finn (1952), Claire Danes (1979), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), W. Averell Harriman (1891), Billie Burke (1884), and Mayim Bialik (1975). After her are Alan Wilson (1943), Bud Abbott (1897), Cynthia Rhodes (1956), H.D. (1886), Clarence Clemons (1942), and Gordon Bunshaft (1909).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Bell hooks ranks 367. Before her are Booker T. Washington (1856), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Peter Straub (1943), and Mercedes de Acosta (1892). After her are H.D. (1886), Octavia E. Butler (1947), Gary Snyder (1930), Jonathan Littell (1967), Jeff Lindsay (1952), and Dennis Lehane (1965).

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