1919 - 2013
Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna", to the 2011 novel All the Lives He Led.From about 1959 until 1969, Pohl edited Galaxy and its sister magazine If; the latter won three successive annual Hugo Awards as the year's best professional magazine. His 1977 novel Gateway won four "year's best novel" awards: the Hugo voted by convention participants, the Locus voted by magazine subscribers, the Nebula voted by American science-fiction writers, and the juried academic John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederik Pohl has received more than 571,911 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Frederik Pohl is the 1,846th most popular writer (down from 1,663rd in 2019), the 2,389th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,086th in 2019) and the 217th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Frederik Pohl ranks 1,846 out of 5,755. Before him are Anthony Trollope, Uri Avnery, Charles Maturin, Menander Protector, Naftali Herz Imber, and Herman J. Mankiewicz. After him are Oswald von Wolkenstein, Laila Halme, Aristeas, Daṇḍin, Yvan Goll, and Michel Zevaco.
1815 - 1882
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 1,840
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 1,841
1780 - 1824
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 1,842
550 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 1,843
1856 - 1909
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 1,844
1897 - 1953
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 1,845
1919 - 2013
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 1,846
1377 - 1445
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 1,847
1934 - 2021
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 1,848
600 BC - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 1,849
501 - 700
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 1,850
1891 - 1950
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 1,851
1860 - 1918
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 1,852
Among people born in 1919, Frederik Pohl ranks 79. Before him are Merce Cunningham, Licio Gelli, Joe Weider, George Wallace, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Abdel Hakim Amer. After him are Christoph Probst, Rubén González, Joop den Uyl, P. F. Strawson, Ginette Neveu, and Margaret Burbidge. Among people deceased in 2013, Frederik Pohl ranks 109. Before him are Seki Matsunaga, Ray Harryhausen, Alvin Lee, Van Cliburn, Conrad Bain, and Otto Sander. After him are Ali Kafi, Rossana Podestà, Eleanor Parker, Masao Uchino, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, and Sergei Belov.
1919 - 2009
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 73
1919 - 2015
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 74
1919 - 2013
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 75
1919 - 1998
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 76
1919 - 2021
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 77
1919 - 1967
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 78
1919 - 2013
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 79
1919 - 1943
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 80
1919 - 2003
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 81
1919 - 1987
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 82
1919 - 2006
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 83
1919 - 1949
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 84
1919 - 2020
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 85
1928 - 2013
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 103
1920 - 2013
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 104
1944 - 2013
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 105
1934 - 2013
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 106
1923 - 2013
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 107
1941 - 2013
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 108
1919 - 2013
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 109
1928 - 2013
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 110
1934 - 2013
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 111
1922 - 2013
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 112
1934 - 2013
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 113
1920 - 2013
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 114
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 115
Among people born in United States, Frederik Pohl ranks 2,389 out of 18,182. Before him are Thomas Gordon (1918), Henry H. Arnold (1886), Fredric March (1897), Joe Perry (1950), Brion James (1945), and Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897). After him are Randy Newman (1943), Ric Flair (1949), Maria Bello (1967), Donna Karan (1948), Erin Brockovich (1960), and Lionel Barrymore (1878).
1918 - 2002
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 2,383
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 2,384
1897 - 1975
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 2,385
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 2,386
1945 - 1999
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 2,387
1897 - 1953
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 2,388
1919 - 2013
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,389
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,390
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,391
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,392
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,393
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,394
1878 - 1954
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 2,395
Among writers born in United States, Frederik Pohl ranks 217. Before him are Bernard Malamud (1914), Robert Silverberg (1935), Donald E. Westlake (1933), Cornell Woolrich (1903), Maria Shriver (1955), and Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897). After him are Bob Woodward (1943), Alex Haley (1921), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Kathy Reichs (1948), Nora Ephron (1941), and Ross Macdonald (1915).
1914 - 1986
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 211
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 212
1933 - 2008
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 213
1903 - 1968
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 214
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 215
1897 - 1953
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 216
1919 - 2013
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 217
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 218
1921 - 1992
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 219
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 220
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 221
1941 - 2012
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 222
1915 - 1983
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 223