1931 - 2019
Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and novelist, and won many literary awards. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gene Wolfe has received more than 1,049,370 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Gene Wolfe is the 3,596th most popular writer (down from 3,108th in 2019), the 4,759th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,043rd in 2019) and the 405th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Gene Wolfe ranks 3,596 out of 5,755. Before him are Joe Haldeman, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Octavia E. Butler, Esteban Echeverría, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, and Remmius Palaemon. After him are Ewald Christian von Kleist, Antun Gustav Matoš, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, William of Jumièges, Carmen Martín Gaite, and Charles Brockden Brown.
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,590
1862 - 1932
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 3,591
1947 - 2006
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 3,592
1805 - 1851
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 3,593
1817 - 1888
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 3,594
100 - 100
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 3,595
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 3,596
1715 - 1759
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 3,597
1873 - 1914
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,598
1807 - 1887
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3,599
1000 - 1070
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3,600
1925 - 2000
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3,601
1771 - 1810
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 3,602
Among people born in 1931, Gene Wolfe ranks 252. Before him are Duško Gojković, Nick Bollettieri, Ingvar Wixell, Alex Soler-Roig, Cemal Süreya, and Ram Dass. After him are León Febres Cordero, Kenny Burrell, Sakyo Komatsu, Michel Deville, Mordecai Richler, and Dorothy Stang. Among people deceased in 2019, Gene Wolfe ranks 228. Before him are Janet Asimov, Reinhard Bonnke, Jan Olszewski, Claude Goretta, Ram Dass, and José Nápoles. After him are Jean-Pierre Mocky, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Bob Hawke, Eduardo Fajardo, Elio Sgreccia, and Donald Keene.
1931 - 2023
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 246
1931 - 2022
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 247
1931 - 2011
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 248
1931 - Present
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 249
1931 - 1990
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 250
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 251
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 252
1931 - 2008
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 253
1931 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 254
1931 - 2011
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 255
1931 - 2023
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 256
1931 - 2001
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 257
1931 - 2005
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 258
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 222
1940 - 2019
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 223
1930 - 2019
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 224
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 225
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 226
1940 - 2019
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 227
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 228
1933 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 229
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 230
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 231
1924 - 2019
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 232
1928 - 2019
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 233
1922 - 2019
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 234
Among people born in United States, Gene Wolfe ranks 4,759 out of 18,182. Before him are Strom Thurmond (1902), Broderick Crawford (1911), Martin Donovan (1957), Ram Dass (1931), Kevin Schwantz (1964), and Fred Gwynne (1926). After him are Megan Thee Stallion (1995), Steve Kanaly (1946), Claudette Colvin (1939), Carl Spaatz (1891), Steven Zaillian (1953), and Charles Dillon Perrine (1867).
1902 - 2003
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 4,753
1911 - 1986
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 4,754
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 4,755
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 4,756
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 4,757
1926 - 1993
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 4,758
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,759
1995 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,760
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,761
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,762
1891 - 1974
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,763
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,764
1867 - 1951
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 4,765
Among writers born in United States, Gene Wolfe ranks 405. Before him are Ralph Ellison (1914), Jonathan Littell (1967), Seymour Hersh (1937), Marta Kauffman (1956), Joe Haldeman (1943), and Octavia E. Butler (1947). After him are Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Connie Willis (1945), Elaine May (1932), Rube Goldberg (1883), George Washington Williams (1849), and Murray Leinster (1896).
1914 - 1994
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 399
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 400
1937 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 401
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 402
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 403
1947 - 2006
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 404
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 405
1771 - 1810
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 406
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 407
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 408
1883 - 1970
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 409
1849 - 1891
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 410
1896 - 1975
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 411