Writer

Edward Gorey

1925 - 2000

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Edward Gorey

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Gorey is the 3,148th most popular writer (down from 3,145th in 2024), the 4,564th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,980th in 2019) and the 362nd most popular American Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Edward Gorey ranks 3,148 out of 7,302. Before him are Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Walter Hasenclever, Béla Király, Rahul Sankrityayan, Olaudah Equiano, and Juan Fernández de Heredia. After him are Eduard Vilde, D. R. Bendre, Dámaso Alonso, Itzhak Katzenelson, Ahmad Javad, and William Congreve.

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Mohammad-Taqi Bahar
1886 - 1951
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 3,142
Walter Hasenclever
1890 - 1940
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 3,143
Béla Király
1912 - 2009
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 3,144
Rahul Sankrityayan
1893 - 1963
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 3,145
Olaudah Equiano
1745 - 1797
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 3,146
Juan Fernández de Heredia
1310 - 1396
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 3,147
Edward Gorey
1925 - 2000
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 3,148
Eduard Vilde
1865 - 1933
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 3,149
D. R. Bendre
1896 - 1981
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 3,150
Dámaso Alonso
1898 - 1990
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 3,151
Itzhak Katzenelson
1886 - 1944
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 3,152
Ahmad Javad
1892 - 1937
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 3,153
William Congreve
1670 - 1729
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 3,154

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Edward Gorey ranks 218. Before him are Elmore Leonard, Italo De Zan, Gazi Yaşargil, Elisabeth Domitien, Evelyn Berezin, and Lenny Bruce. After him are Bobbejaan Schoepen, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Czesław Kiszczak, Cathy Berberian, Robert Jonquet, and José Freire Falcão. Among people deceased in 2000, Edward Gorey ranks 136. Before him are Spyros Markezinis, Adelaida Avagyan, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Abdul Haris Nasution, Alfred Schwarzmann, and Ursula Kuczynski. After him are Ferenc Farkas, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Anton Heida, Karen Hoff, Johannes Virolainen, and René Favaloro.

Others Born in 1925

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Elmore Leonard
WRITER
1925 - 2013
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 212
Italo De Zan
CYCLIST
1925 - 2020
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 213
Gazi Yaşargil
PHYSICIAN
1925 - 2025
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 214
Elisabeth Domitien
POLITICIAN
1925 - 2005
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 215
Evelyn Berezin
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1925 - 2018
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 216
Lenny Bruce
COMEDIAN
1925 - 1966
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 217
Edward Gorey
WRITER
1925 - 2000
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 218
Bobbejaan Schoepen
MUSICIAN
1925 - 2010
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 219
Ofelya Hambardzumyan
SINGER
1925 - 2016
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 220
Czesław Kiszczak
POLITICIAN
1925 - 2015
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 221
Cathy Berberian
COMPOSER
1925 - 1983
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 222
Robert Jonquet
SOCCER PLAYER
1925 - 2008
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 223
José Freire Falcão
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1925 - 2021
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 224

Others Deceased in 2000

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Spyros Markezinis
POLITICIAN
1909 - 2000
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 130
Adelaida Avagyan
PHYSICIAN
1924 - 2000
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 131
Hendrik C. van de Hulst
MATHEMATICIAN
1918 - 2000
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 132
Abdul Haris Nasution
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1918 - 2000
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 133
Alfred Schwarzmann
GYMNAST
1912 - 2000
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 134
Ursula Kuczynski
WRITER
1907 - 2000
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 135
Edward Gorey
WRITER
1925 - 2000
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 136
Ferenc Farkas
COMPOSER
1905 - 2000
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 137
Ioannis Mitropoulos
GYMNAST
1874 - 2000
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 138
Anton Heida
GYMNAST
1878 - 2000
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 139
Karen Hoff
ATHLETE
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 140
Johannes Virolainen
POLITICIAN
1914 - 2000
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 141
René Favaloro
PHYSICIAN
1923 - 2000
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 142