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Eric Carle

1929 - 2021

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Eric Carle (June 25, 1929 – May 23, 2021) was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Carle has received more than 1,692,273 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Eric Carle is the 1,644th most popular writer (up from 2,992nd in 2019), the 2,153rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,857th in 2019) and the 196th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eric Carle ranks 1,644 out of 5,755. Before her are Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Rainis, Robert Brasillach, Robert de Boron, Philippe de Commines, and Petar Zrinski. After her are Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Dick Bruna, Terry Brooks, Augusto Boal, Theophylact of Ohrid, and Nicander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Eric Carle ranks 130. Before her are Branko Zebec, Alexis Weissenberg, Menahem Golan, Nureddin al-Atassi, Sam Nujoma, and Édouard Balladur. After her are Zillur Rahman, Whitey Bulger, Kateb Yacine, Vladimír Menšík, George Crumb, and Vasily Shukshin. Among people deceased in 2021, Eric Carle ranks 151. Before her are Tanya Roberts, Sheldon Adelson, Verónica Forqué, Carlos Correia, Sabah Fakhri, and Ali Mahdi Muhammad. After her are Pat Martino, Kentaro Miura, Sergei Kovalev, Luis del Sol, Cloris Leachman, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Carle ranks 2,153 out of 18,182. Before her are Joan Allen (1956), Michael Richards (1949), James Franco (1978), Michael Kamen (1948), Gordon Scott (1926), and Bob Odenkirk (1962). After her are Rubin Carter (1937), Ub Iwerks (1901), Terry Brooks (1944), Bridget Fonda (1964), Mark Margolis (1939), and Stacy Keach (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Eric Carle ranks 196. Before her are Agnes Smedley (1892), Ken Wilber (1949), Eugene Nida (1914), Peter Benchley (1940), Jane Jacobs (1916), and Lady Randolph Churchill (1854). After her are Terry Brooks (1944), E. E. Cummings (1894), Richard Brautigan (1935), Langston Hughes (1902), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), and Clark Ashton Smith (1893).

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