1904 - 1988
Clifford Donald Simak (; August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. He won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clifford D. Simak has received more than 224,514 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Clifford D. Simak is the 958th most popular writer (down from 934th in 2019), the 1,050th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,023rd in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Writer.
Clifford D. Simak is most famous for his science fiction novels, which often explore the idea of intelligent life on other planets.
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Among writers, Clifford D. Simak ranks 958 out of 5,794. Before him are Harry Mulisch, Roger Zelazny, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Henri Troyat, Jorge Semprún, and Antonio Tabucchi. After him are Panait Istrati, Vinicius de Moraes, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Aelia Eudocia, Derek Walcott, and Katherine Mansfield.
1927 - 2010
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 952
1937 - 1995
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 953
1836 - 1870
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 954
1911 - 2007
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 955
1923 - 2011
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 956
1943 - 2012
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 957
1904 - 1988
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 958
1884 - 1935
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 959
1913 - 1980
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 960
1737 - 1814
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 961
401 - 460
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 962
1930 - 2017
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 963
1888 - 1923
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 964
Among people born in 1904, Clifford D. Simak ranks 44. Before him are Werner Forssmann, Ève Curie, George F. Kennan, Louis Néel, George Balanchine, and Karl Rahner. After him are Héctor Castro, John Gielgud, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Donald O. Hebb, Arshile Gorky, and Count Basie. Among people deceased in 1988, Clifford D. Simak ranks 21. Before him are Felix Wankel, Virginia Satir, Luis Barragán, Juan Pujol García, John Holmes, and Kim Philby. After him are Gert Fröbe, Paul Grice, Hiroaki Sato, Klaus Fuchs, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, and Tibor Sekelj.
1904 - 1979
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 38
1904 - 2007
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 39
1904 - 2005
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 40
1904 - 2000
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 41
1904 - 1983
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 42
1904 - 1984
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 43
1904 - 1988
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 44
1904 - 1960
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 45
1904 - 2000
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 46
1904 - 1974
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 47
1904 - 1985
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 48
1904 - 1948
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 49
1904 - 1984
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 50
1902 - 1988
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 15
1916 - 1988
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 16
1902 - 1988
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 17
1912 - 1988
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 18
1944 - 1988
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 19
1912 - 1988
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 20
1904 - 1988
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 21
1913 - 1988
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 22
1913 - 1988
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 23
1932 - 1988
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 24
1911 - 1988
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 25
1927 - 1988
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 26
1912 - 1988
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 27
Among people born in United States, Clifford D. Simak ranks 1,050 out of 15,968. Before him are Hiram Bingham III (1875), George Beadle (1903), A. L. Kroeber (1876), Jimmy Connors (1952), Scarlett Johansson (1984), and Robert Forster (1941). After him are Whitey Bulger (1929), Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), Clyde Drexler (1962), Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), Burton Richter (1931), and James Brolin (1940).
1875 - 1956
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 1,044
1903 - 1989
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 1,045
1876 - 1960
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 1,046
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 1,047
1984 - Present
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 1,048
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 1,049
1904 - 1988
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 1,050
1929 - 2018
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 1,051
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 1,052
1962 - Present
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 1,053
1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 1,054
1931 - 2018
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 1,055
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 1,056
Among writers born in United States, Clifford D. Simak ranks 108. Before him are Walter Lippmann (1889), Jean Webster (1876), H. L. Mencken (1880), Irving Stone (1903), Irwin Shaw (1913), and Roger Zelazny (1937). After him are Jean M. Auel (1936), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Clive Cussler (1931), William Gibson (1948), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), and Daniel Goleman (1946).
1889 - 1974
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 102
1876 - 1916
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 103
1880 - 1956
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 104
1903 - 1989
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 105
1913 - 1984
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 106
1937 - 1995
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 107
1904 - 1988
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 108
1936 - Present
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 109
1937 - 2005
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 110
1931 - 2020
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 111
1948 - Present
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 112
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 113
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 114