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Chester Himes

1909 - 1984

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Chester Bomar Himes (July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984) was an American writer. His works, some of which have been filmed, include If He Hollers Let Him Go, published in 1945, and the Harlem Detective series of novels for which he is best known, set in the 1950s and early 1960s and featuring two black policemen called Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chester Himes has received more than 389,618 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Chester Himes is the 4,586th most popular writer (down from 3,895th in 2019), the 6,519th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,293rd in 2019) and the 523rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chester Himes ranks 4,586 out of 5,755. Before him are Juan de la Cueva, George Mikes, Yordan Yovkov, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Juan de Mena, and Iakob Tsurtaveli. After him are Dante Spinotti, John O'Hara, Alexander Abusch, Nikolai Klyuev, William of Poitiers, and James E. Gunn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Chester Himes ranks 250. Before him are Balamani Amma, Sven Jonasson, Mike Todd, Ramón Villeda Morales, Arthur Jonath, and Johnny Mercer. After him are Shōhei Ōoka, Eudora Welty, Uku Masing, Neal E. Miller, Elis Wiklund, and Gheorghe Albu. Among people deceased in 1984, Chester Himes ranks 170. Before him are Bernard Lonergan, Roger Blin, Fedir Bohatyrchuk, Kazuo Hasegawa, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, and Garry Winogrand. After him are Elizabeth Goudge, Byron Haskin, Ken Carpenter, Leopold Lindtberg, Martín Marculeta, and Toivo Loukola.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chester Himes ranks 6,519 out of 18,182. Before him are Owen Garriott (1930), Travis Scott (1991), Jim Lightbody (1882), Garry Winogrand (1928), Mike Patton (1968), and Walter Burley Griffin (1876). After him are Walter Lang (1896), Harold Becker (1928), Eric Bogosian (1953), Betty Compson (1897), William M. Tweed (1823), and Martin Klebba (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Chester Himes ranks 523. Before him are Robert Richardson (1955), Melissa Mathison (1950), Arthur Golden (1956), Timothy Zahn (1951), Richard Powers (1957), and David Weber (1952). After him are John O'Hara (1905), James E. Gunn (1923), Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), Eudora Welty (1909), Frank Norris (1870), and Judith Krantz (1928).

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