1929 - 2021
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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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.
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 1,638
1865 - 1929
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 1,639
1909 - 1945
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 1,640
1110 - 1300
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,641
1447 - 1511
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,642
1621 - 1671
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,643
1929 - 2021
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 1,644
1752 - 1796
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 1,645
1927 - 2017
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 1,646
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 1,647
1931 - 2009
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1,648
1055 - 1107
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1,649
250 BC - 170 BC
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1,650
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.
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 124
1929 - 2012
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 125
1929 - 2014
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 126
1929 - 1992
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 127
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 128
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 129
1929 - 2021
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 130
1929 - 2013
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 131
1929 - 2018
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 132
1929 - 1989
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 133
1929 - 1988
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 134
1929 - 2022
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 135
1929 - 1974
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 136
1955 - 2021
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 145
1933 - 2021
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 146
1955 - 2021
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 147
1933 - 2021
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 148
1933 - 2021
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 149
1939 - 2021
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 150
1929 - 2021
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 151
1944 - 2021
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 152
1966 - 2021
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 153
1930 - 2021
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 154
1935 - 2021
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 155
1926 - 2021
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 156
1919 - 2021
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 157
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).
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 2,147
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 2,148
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 2,149
1948 - 2003
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 2,150
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 2,151
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 2,152
1929 - 2021
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 2,153
1937 - 2014
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 2,154
1901 - 1971
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 2,155
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 2,156
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 2,157
1939 - 2023
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 2,158
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 2,159
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).
1892 - 1950
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 190
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 191
1914 - 2011
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 192
1940 - 2006
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 193
1916 - 2006
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 194
1854 - 1921
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 195
1929 - 2021
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 196
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 197
1894 - 1962
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 198
1935 - 1984
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 199
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 200
1866 - 1912
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 201
1893 - 1961
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 202