WRITER

Beverly Cleary

1916 - 2021

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Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn; April 12, 1916 – March 25, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. One of America's most successful authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. Some of her best known characters are Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, and Ralph S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beverly Cleary has received more than 2,695,705 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Beverly Cleary is the 6,475th most popular writer (down from 5,715th in 2019), the 12,167th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,544th in 2019) and the 893rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Beverly Cleary ranks 6,475 out of 7,302. Before her are John Suckling, Lionel Shriver, Peter Stamm, Stephen Chbosky, Forrest J Ackerman, and Paul Laurence Dunbar. After her are Fatou Diome, Mark Akenside, Sabine Baring-Gould, Marc Connelly, Rohinton Mistry, and Walter Besant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Beverly Cleary ranks 300. Before her are Kanan Devi, Bill Melendez, Hal Smith, Óscar Cristi, Lucille Bliss, and Forrest J Ackerman. After her are Richard Hofstadter, William Alland, Tony Bettenhausen, Paul Emery, Mark Stevens, and Nilufer Hanımsultan. Among people deceased in 2021, Beverly Cleary ranks 636. Before her are Mike Enzi, Georgi Dimitrov, Paulias Matane, Cléber Eduardo Arado, Hamed Bakayoko, and Ioannis Palaiokrassas. After her are John Shelby Spong, David Darling, Boško Abramović, Cara Williams, Ian St John, and Gert Blomé.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Beverly Cleary ranks 12,167 out of 20,380. Before her are Aimee Mullins (1975), Franklin Graham (1952), Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872), Aunjanue Ellis (1969), Benny Brown (1953), and Kim Thayil (1960). After her are Patty McCormack (1945), Paula Cole (1968), John Shelby Spong (1931), Rusty Wailes (1926), Michele Bachmann (1956), and James van Hoften (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Beverly Cleary ranks 893. Before her are Amy Sherman-Palladino (1966), Ellen Glasgow (1873), Lionel Shriver (1957), Stephen Chbosky (1970), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), and Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872). After her are Marc Connelly (1890), Norman Podhoretz (1930), Tracy Hickman (1955), Sue Monk Kidd (1948), William Kennedy (1928), and Lionel Trilling (1905).

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