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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 1,850,819 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Eric Carle is the 2,633rd most popular writer (down from 1,640th in 2019), the 3,336th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,151st in 2019) and the 289th most popular American Writer.

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  • 1.9M

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  • 54.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eric Carle ranks 2,633 out of 7,302. Before her are Abraham ibn Daud, Frederick Marryat, Józef Czapski, Matthias Claudius, Hella Haasse, and Tian Han. After her are Censorinus, Tayeb Salih, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Rahman Baba, Asadi Tusi, and Richard Bandler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Eric Carle ranks 184. Before her are Fred Sinowatz, Ronnie Biggs, Joe Pass, Peter Yates, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, and Karl Koller. After her are Tayeb Salih, Anna Walentynowicz, Edison Denisov, Christoph von Dohnányi, James McDivitt, and Hind Rostom. Among people deceased in 2021, Eric Carle ranks 187. Before her are Anna Chromý, Charles Grodin, Shunsuke Kikuchi, Zlatko Kranjčar, Gustavo Noboa, and Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho. After her are Wilfried Van Moer, Sabah Fakhri, Sándor Puhl, Lou Ottens, Albert Vanhoye, and Benigno Aquino III.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Carle ranks 3,336 out of 20,380. Before her are Winslow Homer (1836), Franz Kline (1910), Linda Nochlin (1931), David Butler (1894), John DeLorean (1925), and Frank Welker (1946). After her are Fred Willard (1939), Marcus Miller (1959), Ice Cube (1969), Lon Chaney (1883), Robert Gallo (1937), and Walter Hunt (1796).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Eric Carle ranks 289. Before her are Elmore Leonard (1925), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Jim Thompson (1906), Terry Goodkind (1948), Neil Simon (1927), and Orson Scott Card (1951). After her are Richard Bandler (1950), John Cheever (1912), William Goldman (1931), Michael Cunningham (1952), Harlan Ellison (1934), and Alex Haley (1921).

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