1962 - 2008
David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and university professor of English and creative writing. Wallace's 1996 novel Infinite Jest was cited by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. His posthumous novel, The Pale King (2011), was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Foster Wallace has received more than 10,415,002 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). David Foster Wallace is the 3,167th most popular writer (up from 3,512th in 2019), the 4,146th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,695th in 2019) and the 367th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, David Foster Wallace ranks 3,167 out of 5,755. Before him are Ozaki Kōyō, Georges Sadoul, Theodor Körner, Diphilus, Fernand Crommelynck, and Lucius Cornelius Sisenna. After him are Moderata Fonte, Sigurd Hoel, Yury Vlasov, Alexander Sumarokov, Karl Philipp Moritz, and Archpoet.
1868 - 1903
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 3,161
1904 - 1967
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 3,162
1791 - 1813
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 3,163
350 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 3,164
1886 - 1970
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 3,165
120 BC - 67 BC
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 3,166
1962 - 2008
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 3,167
1555 - 1592
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 3,168
1890 - 1960
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 3,169
1935 - 2021
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 3,170
1717 - 1777
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 3,171
1756 - 1793
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 3,172
1130 - 1165
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 3,173
Among people born in 1962, David Foster Wallace ranks 115. Before him are Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Galina Chistyakova, Choi Min-sik, Ferran Adrià, Peter Steele, and Branko Crvenkovski. After him are Michel Qissi, Bassel al-Assad, Sergio Batista, Victoria Ruffo, Dorian Yates, and Maia Morgenstern. Among people deceased in 2008, David Foster Wallace ranks 146. Before him are Nina Foch, Freddie Hubbard, Germaine Tillion, Stan Winston, Grigory Romanov, and John List. After him are Ahmed al-Mirghani, Boris Yefimov, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Mikel Laboa, Fujio Akatsuka, and Edna Parker.
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 109
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 110
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 111
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 112
1962 - 2010
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 113
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 114
1962 - 2008
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 115
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 116
1962 - 1994
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 117
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 118
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 119
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 120
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 121
1924 - 2008
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 140
1938 - 2008
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 141
1907 - 2008
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 142
1946 - 2008
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 143
1923 - 2008
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 144
1925 - 2008
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 145
1962 - 2008
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 146
1941 - 2008
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 147
1900 - 2008
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 148
1924 - 2008
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 149
1934 - 2008
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 150
1935 - 2008
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 151
1893 - 2008
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 152
Among people born in United States, David Foster Wallace ranks 4,146 out of 18,182. Before him are Jim Davis (1909), Link Wray (1929), John List (1925), Lindsey Buckingham (1949), Cameron Mitchell (1918), and Marion Ross (1928). After him are David Hedison (1927), Randy Crawford (1952), Ciara (1985), Lee Konitz (1927), Tony Hawk (1968), and Yusef Lateef (1920).
1909 - 1981
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 4,140
1929 - 2005
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 4,141
1925 - 2008
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 4,142
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 4,143
1918 - 1994
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 4,144
1928 - Present
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 4,145
1962 - 2008
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 4,146
1927 - 2019
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 4,147
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 4,148
1985 - Present
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 4,149
1927 - 2020
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 4,150
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 4,151
1920 - 2013
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 4,152
Among writers born in United States, David Foster Wallace ranks 367. Before him are Jim Carroll (1949), Bill Bryson (1951), John Perkins (1945), Spencer Johnson (1938), James Russell Lowell (1819), and Emma Lazarus (1849). After him are Joss Whedon (1964), Elbert Hubbard (1856), Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906), Wallace Stevens (1879), Bruce Sterling (1954), and Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892).
1949 - 2009
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 361
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 362
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 363
1938 - 2017
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 364
1819 - 1891
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 365
1849 - 1887
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 366
1962 - 2008
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 367
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 368
1856 - 1915
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 369
1906 - 2001
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 370
1879 - 1955
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 371
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 372
1892 - 1950
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 373