1875 - 1950
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he also wrote the Pellucidar series, the Amtor series, and the Caspak trilogy.Tarzan was immediately popular, and Burroughs capitalized on it in every possible way, including a syndicated Tarzan comic strip, films, and merchandise. Tarzan remains one of the most successful fictional characters to this day and is a cultural icon. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar Rice Burroughs has received more than 3,075,482 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia. Edgar Rice Burroughs is the 534th most popular writer (down from 443rd in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from United States (down from 444th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Writer.
Edgar Rice Burroughs is most famous for his series of novels about the adventures of Tarzan.
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Among writers, Edgar Rice Burroughs ranks 534 out of 5,755. Before him are Paul Claudel, Muhammad Iqbal, José Martí, Premchand, Patrick Süskind, and Camille Flammarion. After him are Washington Irving, Eugene O'Neill, Erich Kästner, Marie-Antoine Carême, Ivan Bunin, and Laurence Sterne.
1868 - 1955
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 528
1877 - 1938
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 529
1853 - 1895
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 530
1880 - 1936
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 531
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 532
1842 - 1925
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 533
1875 - 1950
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 534
1783 - 1859
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 535
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 536
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 537
1784 - 1833
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 538
1870 - 1953
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 539
1713 - 1768
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 540
Among people born in 1875, Edgar Rice Burroughs ranks 17. Before him are Mileva Marić, Aleister Crowley, Albert I of Belgium, Mikhail Kalinin, Marie of Romania, and Vallabhbhai Patel. After him are Gilbert N. Lewis, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Fritz Kreisler, Henry Hallett Dale, Paul Landowski, and Giovanni Gentile. Among people deceased in 1950, Edgar Rice Burroughs ranks 15. Before him are Léon Blum, Marcel Mauss, Willis Carrier, Vallabhbhai Patel, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and Karl Renner. After him are Heinrich Mann, Kurt Weill, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Nicolai Hartmann, Ramana Maharshi, and Sri Aurobindo.
1875 - 1948
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 11
1875 - 1947
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 12
1875 - 1934
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 13
1875 - 1946
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 14
1875 - 1938
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 15
1875 - 1950
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 16
1875 - 1950
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 17
1875 - 1946
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 18
1875 - 1911
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 19
1875 - 1962
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 20
1875 - 1968
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 21
1875 - 1961
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 22
1875 - 1944
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 23
1872 - 1950
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 9
1872 - 1950
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 10
1876 - 1950
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 11
1875 - 1950
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 12
1865 - 1950
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 13
1870 - 1950
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 14
1875 - 1950
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 15
1871 - 1950
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 16
1900 - 1950
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 17
1863 - 1950
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 18
1882 - 1950
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 19
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 20
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 21
Among people born in United States, Edgar Rice Burroughs ranks 552 out of 18,182. Before him are Jerry Lewis (1926), Anthony Perkins (1932), Francis Fukuyama (1952), James Caan (1940), Margaret Keane (1927), and Ernest Lawrence (1901). After him are Thorstein Veblen (1857), Joseph Barbera (1911), Washington Irving (1783), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839), and Dean Martin (1917).
1926 - 2017
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 546
1932 - 1992
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 547
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 548
1940 - 2022
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 549
1927 - 2022
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 550
1901 - 1958
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 551
1875 - 1950
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 552
1857 - 1929
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 553
1911 - 2006
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 554
1783 - 1859
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 555
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 556
1839 - 1903
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 557
1917 - 1995
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 558
Among writers born in United States, Edgar Rice Burroughs ranks 60. Before him are Allen Ginsberg (1926), George R. R. Martin (1948), Harper Lee (1926), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Sidney Sheldon (1917), and T. S. Eliot (1888). After him are Washington Irving (1783), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Theodore Dreiser (1871), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Michael Crichton (1942), and Anne Rice (1941).
1926 - 1997
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 54
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 55
1926 - 2016
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 56
1811 - 1896
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 57
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 58
1888 - 1965
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 59
1875 - 1950
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 60
1783 - 1859
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 61
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 62
1871 - 1945
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 63
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 64
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 65
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 66