1964 - Today
Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author, screenwriter, short-story writer, and director. Ellis was first regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack, which also included Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney. He is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique, as a writer, is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bret Easton Ellis has received more than 2,176,434 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Bret Easton Ellis is the 3,822nd most popular writer (down from 3,615th in 2019), the 5,171st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,733rd in 2019) and the 443rd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Bret Easton Ellis ranks 3,822 out of 5,794. Before him are Ramón Pérez de Ayala, John Lyly, Léon Damas, Turan Dursun, R. K. Narayan, and Robert Herrick. After him are Meir Shalev, Vincenzo Cerami, Farrukhi Sistani, Ernst Stadler, Alexander McCall Smith, and Russell Kirk.
1880 - 1962
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 3,816
1554 - 1606
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 3,817
1912 - 1978
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 3,818
1934 - 1990
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 3,819
1906 - 2001
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 3,820
1591 - 1674
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 3,821
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 3,822
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 3,823
1940 - 2013
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 3,824
980 - 1037
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 3,825
1883 - 1914
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 3,826
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 3,827
1918 - 1994
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 3,828
Among people born in 1964, Bret Easton Ellis ranks 161. Before him are Martin Donnelly, Kad Merad, Amber Lynn, Valentina Vargas, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, and Adrian Hasler. After him are Shi Zhengli, Nicola Larini, Lori Loughlin, Chris Farley, Vinnie Paul, and Pedro Passos Coelho.
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 155
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 156
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 157
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 158
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 159
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 160
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 161
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 162
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 163
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 164
1964 - 1997
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 165
1964 - 2018
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 166
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 167
Among people born in United States, Bret Easton Ellis ranks 5,171 out of 15,968. Before him are Frank Grillo (1965), Melanie (1947), Oscar De La Hoya (1973), Richard Quine (1920), William Katt (1951), and Vincent Richards (1903). After him are Maggie Q (1979), Meg Foster (1948), Dolph Schayes (1928), Peter Sarsgaard (1971), Koko Taylor (1928), and Emily Warren Roebling (1843).
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 5,165
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 5,166
1973 - Present
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 5,167
1920 - 1989
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 5,168
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 5,169
1903 - 1959
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 5,170
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 5,171
1979 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 5,172
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 5,173
1928 - 2015
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 5,174
1971 - Present
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 5,175
1928 - 2009
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 5,176
1843 - 1903
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 5,177
Among writers born in United States, Bret Easton Ellis ranks 443. Before him are Eric Roth (1945), Irving Wallace (1916), Saul Alinsky (1909), James Lipton (1926), Hart Crane (1899), and John Norman (1931). After him are Russell Kirk (1918), Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902), Sandra Brown (1948), Mary McCarthy (1912), Larry Collins (1929), and Leigh Brackett (1915).
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 437
1916 - 1990
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 438
1909 - 1972
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 439
1926 - 2020
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 440
1899 - 1932
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 441
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 442
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 443
1918 - 1994
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 444
1902 - 1935
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 445
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 446
1912 - 1989
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 447
1929 - 2005
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 448
1915 - 1978
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 449