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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. Mouse. The majority of Cleary's books are set in the Grant Park neighborhood of northeast Portland, Oregon, where she was raised, and she has been credited as one of the first authors of children's literature to figure emotional realism in the narratives of her characters, often children in middle-class families. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Beverly Cleary is the 6,393rd most popular writer (up from 6,476th in 2024), the 11,898th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,171st in 2019) and the 863rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Beverly Cleary ranks 6,393 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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Among people born in 1916, Beverly Cleary ranks 295. 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 626. 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 11,900 out of 20,380. 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 863. 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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