WRITER
Ernest Hemingway
1899 - 1961
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which included his iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and public image brought him admiration from later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Hemingway has received more than 29,321,188 page views. His biography is available in 143 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 139 in 2019). Ernest Hemingway is the 30th most popular writer (down from 28th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from United States (down from 19th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Writer.
Ernest Hemingway is most famous for his novel, The Old Man and the Sea.
Memorability Metrics
29M
Page Views (PV)
82.72
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
143
Languages Editions (L)
10.54
Effective Languages (L*)
5.49
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Notable Works
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Among WRITERS
Among writers, Ernest Hemingway ranks 30 out of 5,755. Before him are Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Petrarch, Anne Frank, Giovanni Boccaccio, Rumi, and Honoré de Balzac. After him are Charles Dickens, Horace, Alexandre Dumas, Aeschylus, Oscar Wilde, and George Orwell.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1900 - 1944
HPI: 83.63
Rank: 24
Petrarch
1304 - 1374
HPI: 83.55
Rank: 25
Anne Frank
1929 - 1945
HPI: 83.42
Rank: 26
Giovanni Boccaccio
1313 - 1375
HPI: 83.11
Rank: 27
Rumi
1207 - 1273
HPI: 83.10
Rank: 28
Honoré de Balzac
1799 - 1850
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 29
Ernest Hemingway
1899 - 1961
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 30
Charles Dickens
1812 - 1870
HPI: 82.45
Rank: 31
Horace
65 BC - 8 BC
HPI: 82.14
Rank: 32
Alexandre Dumas
1802 - 1870
HPI: 81.83
Rank: 33
Aeschylus
525 BC - 456 BC
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 34
Oscar Wilde
1854 - 1900
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 35
George Orwell
1903 - 1950
HPI: 81.47
Rank: 36
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1899, Ernest Hemingway ranks 3. Before him are Huang Xianfan and Alfred Hitchcock. After him are Al Capone, Jorge Luis Borges, Vladimir Nabokov, Friedrich Hayek, Humphrey Bogart, Lavrentiy Beria, Yasunari Kawabata, Frederick IX of Denmark, and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1961, Ernest Hemingway ranks 1. After him are Carl Jung, Erwin Schrödinger, Dag Hammarskjöld, Patrice Lumumba, Gary Cooper, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Emily Greene Balch, Jules Bordet, Zog I of Albania, and Rafael Trujillo.
Others Born in 1899
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Huang Xianfan
1899 - 1982
HPI: 82.93
Rank: 1
Alfred Hitchcock
1899 - 1980
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 2
Ernest Hemingway
1899 - 1961
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 3
Al Capone
1899 - 1947
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 4
Jorge Luis Borges
1899 - 1986
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 5
Vladimir Nabokov
1899 - 1977
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 6
Friedrich Hayek
1899 - 1992
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 7
Humphrey Bogart
1899 - 1957
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 8
Lavrentiy Beria
1899 - 1953
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 9
Yasunari Kawabata
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 10
Frederick IX of Denmark
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 11
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
1899 - 1918
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1961
Go to all RankingsErnest Hemingway
1899 - 1961
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 1
Carl Jung
1875 - 1961
HPI: 81.22
Rank: 2
Erwin Schrödinger
1887 - 1961
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 3
Dag Hammarskjöld
1905 - 1961
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 4
Patrice Lumumba
1925 - 1961
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 5
Gary Cooper
1901 - 1961
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 6
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
1894 - 1961
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 7
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
1908 - 1961
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 8
Emily Greene Balch
1867 - 1961
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 9
Jules Bordet
1870 - 1961
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 10
Zog I of Albania
1895 - 1961
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 11
Rafael Trujillo
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 12
In United States
Among people born in United States, Ernest Hemingway ranks 25 out of 18,182. Before him are Elvis Presley (1935), Bruce Lee (1940), James K. Polk (1795), Hillary Clinton (1947), Ronald Reagan (1911), and Michael Jackson (1958). After him are Joe Biden (1942), George Washington (1732), Walt Disney (1901), Aretha Franklin (1942), Martin Scorsese (1942), and Al Pacino (1940).
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Elvis Presley
1935 - 1977
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 19
Bruce Lee
1940 - 1973
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 20
James K. Polk
1795 - 1849
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 21
Hillary Clinton
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.95
Rank: 22
Ronald Reagan
1911 - 2004
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 23
Michael Jackson
1958 - 2009
HPI: 82.75
Rank: 24
Ernest Hemingway
1899 - 1961
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 25
Joe Biden
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 26
George Washington
1732 - 1799
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 27
Walt Disney
1901 - 1966
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 28
Aretha Franklin
1942 - 2018
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 29
Martin Scorsese
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 30
Al Pacino
1940 - Present
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 31
Among WRITERS In United States
Among writers born in United States, Ernest Hemingway ranks 2. Before him are Edgar Allan Poe (1809). After him are Mark Twain (1835), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), Jack London (1876), Robert Frost (1874), Toni Morrison (1931), Stephen King (1947), Henry David Thoreau (1817), H. P. Lovecraft (1890), Dr. Seuss (1904), and William Faulkner (1897).
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 - 1849
HPI: 86.74
Rank: 1
Ernest Hemingway
1899 - 1961
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 2
Mark Twain
1835 - 1910
HPI: 80.98
Rank: 3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1896 - 1940
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 4
Jack London
1876 - 1916
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 5
Robert Frost
1874 - 1963
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 6
Toni Morrison
1931 - 2019
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 7
Stephen King
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 8
Henry David Thoreau
1817 - 1862
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 9
H. P. Lovecraft
1890 - 1937
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 10
Dr. Seuss
1904 - 1991
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 11
William Faulkner
1897 - 1962
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 12
