WRITER

Earl Derr Biggers

1884 - 1933

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Earl Derr Biggers (August 26, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Earl Derr Biggers has received more than 271,578 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Earl Derr Biggers is the 5,694th most popular writer (down from 5,208th in 2019), the 8,709th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,126th in 2019) and the 673rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 270k

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  • 52.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Earl Derr Biggers ranks 5,694 out of 7,302Before him are John Holt, Charles Allston Collins, Willi Apel, Lualhati Bautista, Erwin Strittmatter, and Edward Wilmot Blyden. After him are George Mikes, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Dee Brown, Ágnes Gergely, Abraham Cowley, and Federigo Tozzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Earl Derr Biggers ranks 224Before him are Georg Zacharias, Harvey Fletcher, Harald Hansen, Georg Selenius, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, and Hugh Walpole. After him are James Cruze, Varlam Avanesov, Frithiof Mårtensson, József Rády, Richard Verderber, and Davidson Black. Among people deceased in 1933, Earl Derr Biggers ranks 138Before him are Johannes Schmidt, Ğäliäsğar Kamal, Gustavo Jiménez, John Joly, Henry van Dyke Jr., and Karl Jatho. After him are Emil Magnusson, Osvald Moberg, Spottiswoode Aitken, Zaida Ben-Yusuf, Daphne Akhurst, and Alva Belmont.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Earl Derr Biggers ranks 8,709 out of 20,380Before him are Armin Shimerman (1949), Tony Dalton (1975), Ivan Brown (1908), Guinn Smith (1920), Carly Fiorina (1954), and Jessica Capshaw (1976). After him are Judith Barsi (1978), Miiko Taka (1925), Patricia Tallman (1957), Sereno Watson (1826), Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902), and Terry Moore (1929).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Earl Derr Biggers ranks 673Before him are Alison Lurie (1926), Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Lew Rockwell (1944), Donald Richie (1924), and John Holt (1923). After him are Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923), Dee Brown (1908), Henry Ward Beecher (1813), Robert Christgau (1942), James E. Gunn (1923), and Jack McDevitt (1935).