1830 - 1886
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts into a prominent family with strong ties to its community. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emily Dickinson has received more than 6,696,575 page views. Her biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2019). Emily Dickinson is the 229th most popular writer (up from 278th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from United States (up from 241st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Writer.
Emily Dickinson is most famous for her poetry.
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Among writers, Emily Dickinson ranks 229 out of 5,794. Before her are Johanna Spyri, Halldór Laxness, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Jacob Grimm, Nikos Kazantzakis, and Robert Musil. After her are Lope de Vega, Svetlana Alexievich, W. Somerset Maugham, Wisława Szymborska, Anacreon, and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi.
1827 - 1901
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 223
1902 - 1998
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 224
1729 - 1781
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 225
1785 - 1863
HPI: 78.32
Rank: 226
1883 - 1957
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 227
1880 - 1942
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 228
1830 - 1886
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 229
1562 - 1635
HPI: 78.25
Rank: 230
1948 - Present
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 231
1874 - 1965
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 232
1923 - 2012
HPI: 78.20
Rank: 233
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 234
1201 - 1274
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 235
Among people born in 1830, Emily Dickinson ranks 5. Before her are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Camille Pissarro, Abdülaziz, and Julius Lothar Meyer. After her are Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Frédéric Mistral, Isabella II of Spain, Paul Heyse, Hector Malot, Eadweard Muybridge, and Porfirio Díaz. Among people deceased in 1886, Emily Dickinson ranks 4. Before her are Franz Liszt, Ramakrishna, and Ludwig II of Bavaria. After her are Leopold von Ranke, Chester A. Arthur, Amilcare Ponchielli, John Deere, Alexander Ostrovsky, Ilya Ulyanov, Alexander Butlerov, and Lydia Koidula.
1830 - 1916
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 1
1830 - 1903
HPI: 81.89
Rank: 2
1830 - 1876
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 3
1830 - 1895
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 4
1830 - 1886
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 5
1830 - 1903
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 6
1830 - 1914
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 7
1830 - 1904
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 8
1830 - 1914
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 9
1830 - 1907
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 10
1830 - 1904
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 11
1830 - 1915
HPI: 74.18
Rank: 12
1811 - 1886
HPI: 87.16
Rank: 1
1836 - 1886
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 2
1845 - 1886
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 3
1830 - 1886
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 4
1795 - 1886
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 5
1829 - 1886
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 6
1834 - 1886
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 7
1804 - 1886
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 8
1823 - 1886
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 9
1831 - 1886
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 10
1828 - 1886
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 11
1843 - 1886
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Emily Dickinson ranks 202 out of 15,968. Before her are Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856), Tom Cruise (1962), George Lucas (1944), Orson Welles (1915), Denzel Washington (1954), and Samuel L. Jackson (1948). After her are B. F. Skinner (1904), Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866), John Adams (1735), Louis Sullivan (1856), Frank Zappa (1940), and George Marshall (1880).
1856 - 1915
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 196
1962 - Present
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 197
1944 - Present
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 198
1915 - 1985
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 199
1954 - Present
HPI: 78.32
Rank: 200
1948 - Present
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 201
1830 - 1886
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 202
1904 - 1990
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 203
1866 - 1945
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 204
1735 - 1826
HPI: 78.20
Rank: 205
1856 - 1924
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 206
1940 - 1993
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 207
1880 - 1959
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 208
Among writers born in United States, Emily Dickinson ranks 22. Before her are Dale Carnegie (1888), Coen brothers (null), Pearl S. Buck (1892), Dr. Seuss (1904), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), and Walt Whitman (1819). After her are Philip K. Dick (1928), Henry Miller (1891), Mario Puzo (1920), O. Henry (1862), Arthur Miller (1915), and Jack Kerouac (1922).
1888 - 1955
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 16
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 17
1892 - 1973
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 18
1904 - 1991
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 19
1803 - 1882
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 20
1819 - 1892
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 21
1830 - 1886
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 22
1928 - 1982
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 23
1891 - 1980
HPI: 77.63
Rank: 24
1920 - 1999
HPI: 77.54
Rank: 25
1862 - 1910
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 26
1915 - 2005
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 27
1922 - 1969
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 28