1894 - 1961
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dashiell Hammett has received more than 1,561,889 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Dashiell Hammett is the 655th most popular writer (down from 624th in 2019), the 696th most popular biography from United States (down from 615th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Writer.
Dashiell Hammett is most famous for his detective novels such as "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man."
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Among writers, Dashiell Hammett ranks 655 out of 5,794. Before him are Ryszard Kapuściński, Jin Yong, Christopher Tolkien, Hermann Broch, Sven Hassel, and Giambattista Basile. After him are Ben Jonson, Bernart de Ventadorn, Dimitrie Cantemir, Diana Wynne Jones, Periander, and Stephen Covey.
1932 - 2007
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 649
1924 - 2018
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 650
1924 - 2020
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 651
1886 - 1951
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 652
1917 - 2012
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 653
1566 - 1632
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 654
1894 - 1961
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 655
1572 - 1637
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 656
1135 - 1190
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 657
1673 - 1723
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 658
1934 - 2011
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 659
700 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 660
1932 - 2012
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 661
Among people born in 1894, Dashiell Hammett ranks 25. Before him are Moshe Sharett, Dietrich von Choltitz, Isaac Babel, Martha Graham, Benjamin Graham, and Hermann Oberth. After him are Arthur Nebe, Pyotr Kapitsa, Kiichiro Toyoda, Otto Grotewohl, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Satyendra Nath Bose. Among people deceased in 1961, Dashiell Hammett ranks 18. Before him are Emily Greene Balch, Kurt Meyer, Frantz Fanon, Mohammed V of Morocco, Adnan Menderes, and Percy Williams Bridgman. After him are Paul Landowski, Eero Saarinen, Otto Loewi, Maria of Yugoslavia, Luigi Einaudi, and Blaise Cendrars.
1894 - 1965
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 19
1894 - 1966
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 20
1894 - 1940
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 21
1894 - 1991
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 22
1894 - 1976
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 23
1894 - 1989
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 24
1894 - 1961
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 25
1894 - 1945
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 26
1894 - 1984
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 27
1894 - 1952
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 28
1894 - 1964
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 29
1894 - 1924
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 30
1894 - 1974
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 31
1867 - 1961
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 12
1910 - 1961
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 13
1925 - 1961
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 14
1909 - 1961
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 15
1899 - 1961
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 16
1882 - 1961
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 17
1894 - 1961
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 18
1875 - 1961
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 19
1910 - 1961
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 20
1873 - 1961
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 21
1900 - 1961
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 22
1874 - 1961
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 23
1887 - 1961
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 24
Among people born in United States, Dashiell Hammett ranks 696 out of 15,968. Before him are Francis Fukuyama (1952), John Goodman (1952), Robert Altman (1925), Dennis Tito (1940), Bill Evans (1929), and Vincente Minnelli (1903). After him are Estée Lauder (1906), Martin Cooper (1928), Ed O'Neill (1946), Hugh Everett III (1930), Stephen Covey (1932), and Robert H. Goddard (1882).
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 690
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 691
1925 - 2006
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 692
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 693
1929 - 1980
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 694
1903 - 1986
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 695
1894 - 1961
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 696
1906 - 2004
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 697
1928 - Present
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 698
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 699
1930 - 1982
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 700
1932 - 2012
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 701
1882 - 1945
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 702
Among writers born in United States, Dashiell Hammett ranks 74. Before him are Patricia Highsmith (1921), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), Louise Hay (1926), Thomas Harris (1940), L. Ron Hubbard (1911), and John Irving (1942). After him are Stephen Covey (1932), William Saroyan (1908), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Ambrose Bierce (1842), John Dos Passos (1896), and Neal Cassady (1926).
1921 - 1995
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 68
1867 - 1957
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 69
1926 - 2017
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 70
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 71
1911 - 1986
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 72
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 73
1894 - 1961
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 74
1932 - 2012
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 75
1908 - 1981
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 76
1929 - 2018
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 77
1842 - 1914
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 78
1896 - 1970
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 79
1926 - 1968
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 80