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Beverly Cleary

American librarian and writer of children's books

1916 - 2021

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Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Beverly Cleary is the 6,456th most popular writer (up from 6,473rd in 2024), the 11,941st most popular biography from United States (up from 12,170th in 2019) and the 866th most popular American Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Beverly Cleary ranks 6,456 out of 7,302. Before her are Charles Olson, S. E. Hinton, H. R. F. Keating, R. C. Sherriff, Lorraine Hansberry, and David McCullough. After her are Felicia Hemans, Susan Hill, Damon Runyon, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Leslie Feinberg, and Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Beverly Cleary ranks 296. Before her are Martha Raye, George Montgomery, Ruth Warrick, Virginia Gregg, Manuel Chorens, and Dennis Poore. After her are Lalita Pawar, Marie Wilson, William Alland, Ruth R. Benerito, Daws Butler, and Rochelle Hudson. Among people deceased in 2021, Beverly Cleary ranks 633. Before her are David Darling, Albán Vermes, John Shelby Spong, Satya Vrat Shastri, Mike Gravel, and Chelato Uclés. After her are Mick Rock, Tuomo Ylipulli, Fofi Gennimata, Serhiy Novikov, José Villegas, and Margreth Weivers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Beverly Cleary ranks 11,941 out of NaN. Before her are Jeff Ament (1963), Alan Rudolph (1943), James Moody (1925), Alonzo Mourning (1970), Hampton Fancher (1938), and LeRoy Pope Walker (1817). After her are James Barbour (1775), David Lindley (1944), William S. McArthur (1951), Bob Kenney (1931), Patrick Leonard (1956), and Molly Picon (1898).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, Beverly Cleary ranks 866. Before her are Tristan Taormino (1971), Richard Price (1949), Charles Olson (1910), S. E. Hinton (1948), Lorraine Hansberry (1930), and David McCullough (1933). After her are Damon Runyon (1880), Leslie Feinberg (1949), James Branch Cabell (1879), George B. Seitz (1888), Glenn Greenwald (1967), and Michael McClure (1932).

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