1921 - 2006
Betty Friedan (; February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century. In 1966, Friedan co-founded and was elected the first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), which aimed to bring women "into the mainstream of American society now [in] fully equal partnership with men.” In 1970, after stepping down as NOW's first president, Friedan organized the nationwide Women's Strike for Equality on August 26, the 50th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution granting women the right to vote. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Betty Friedan has received more than 2,588,487 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Betty Friedan is the 1,216th most popular writer (up from 1,757th in 2019), the 1,513th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,200th in 2019) and the 145th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Betty Friedan ranks 1,216 out of 5,755. Before her are James Anderson, Shi Nai'an, Aelius Aristides, Vivant Denon, Chernorizets Hrabar, and Giovanni Papini. After her are Jeffery Deaver, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Forough Farrokhzad, Alexander Kielland, Ján Kollár, and Cornelius Gallus.
1680 - 1739
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 1,210
1296 - 1372
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 1,211
117 - 189
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 1,212
1747 - 1825
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 1,213
890 - 950
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 1,214
1881 - 1956
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 1,215
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 1,216
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 1,217
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 1,218
1935 - 1967
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 1,219
1849 - 1906
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 1,220
1793 - 1852
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 1,221
69 BC - 26 BC
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 1,222
Among people born in 1921, Betty Friedan ranks 78. Before her are Jack Steinberger, Iris Apfel, Farida of Egypt, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Yuri Nikulin, and Mario Lanza. After her are Miklós Jancsó, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Karel Appel, Herta Bothe, Paddy Roy Bates, and Chris Marker. Among people deceased in 2006, Betty Friedan ranks 56. Before her are Romano Mussolini, Shamil Basayev, Claude Jade, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Glenn Ford, and Richard Kuklinski. After her are Richard Fleischer, James Van Allen, Karel Appel, Joachim Fest, Ta Mok, and Lillian Asplund.
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 72
1921 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 73
1921 - 1988
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 74
1921 - 1989
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 75
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 76
1921 - 1959
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 77
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 78
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 79
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 80
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 81
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 82
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 83
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 84
1927 - 2006
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 50
1965 - 2006
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 51
1948 - 2006
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 52
1943 - 2006
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 53
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 54
1935 - 2006
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 55
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 56
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 57
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 58
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 59
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 60
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 61
1906 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 62
Among people born in United States, Betty Friedan ranks 1,513 out of 18,182. Before her are Janet Gaynor (1906), J. Michael Bishop (1936), J. Allen Hynek (1910), Pat Nixon (1912), Art Blakey (1919), and Vincent D'Onofrio (1959). After her are Gus Grissom (1926), Jeffery Deaver (1950), Jack Dempsey (1895), Richard Fleischer (1916), Stephen Lang (1952), and James Avery (1945).
1906 - 1984
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 1,507
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 1,508
1910 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 1,509
1912 - 1993
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 1,510
1919 - 1990
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 1,511
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 1,512
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 1,513
1926 - 1967
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 1,514
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 1,515
1895 - 1983
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 1,516
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 1,517
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 1,518
1945 - 2013
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 1,519
Among writers born in United States, Betty Friedan ranks 145. Before her are Danielle Steel (1947), Robert Jordan (1948), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), John Dickson Carr (1906), Dan Simmons (1948), and Dean Koontz (1945). After her are Jeffery Deaver (1950), Carson McCullers (1917), Poul Anderson (1926), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), Valerie Solanas (1936), and Anthony Bourdain (1956).
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 139
1948 - 2007
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 140
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 141
1906 - 1977
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 142
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 143
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 144
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 145
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 146
1917 - 1967
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 147
1926 - 2001
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 148
1807 - 1882
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 149
1936 - 1988
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 150
1956 - 2018
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 151