1917 - 2000
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize.Throughout her prolific writing career, Brooks received many more honors. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gwendolyn Brooks has received more than 970,150 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Gwendolyn Brooks is the 5,067th most popular writer (down from 5,048th in 2019), the 7,617th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,023rd in 2019) and the 613th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 5,067 out of 5,755. Before her are Anatole Le Braz, Villy Sørensen, Kate Wilhelm, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Mochtar Lubis, and Yamabe no Akahito. After her are Anton Aškerc, Wilbert Awdry, Charles Wilkins, Katherine Neville, Nella Larsen, and Thomas Love Peacock.
1859 - 1926
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 5,061
1929 - 2001
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 5,062
1928 - 2018
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 5,063
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 5,064
1922 - 2004
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 5,065
730 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 5,066
1917 - 2000
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 5,067
1856 - 1912
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 5,068
1911 - 1997
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 5,069
1749 - 1836
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 5,070
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 5,071
1891 - 1964
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 5,072
1785 - 1866
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 5,073
Among people born in 1917, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 251. Before her are Leandro Remondini, Jean Lucas, Richard Boone, Eugen Walaschek, Yahya Petra of Kelantan, and Freddie Francis. After her are Wenche Foss, Tadd Dameron, Nils Täpp, Rufus Thomas, Ibrahim Shams, and Carlo Cassola. Among people deceased in 2000, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 236. Before her are Paula Yates, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Policarpo Paz García, Barbara Sobotta, Audun Boysen, and Erich Kähler. After her are Stanley Turrentine, Joann Lõssov, George Koltanowski, Matija Ljubek, Georgiy Gongadze, and Raymundo Rodríguez.
1917 - 1979
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 245
1917 - 2003
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 246
1917 - 1981
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 247
1917 - 2007
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 248
1917 - 1979
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 249
1917 - 2007
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 250
1917 - 2000
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 251
1917 - 2011
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 252
1917 - 1965
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 253
1917 - 2000
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 254
1917 - 2001
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 255
1917 - 2001
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 256
1917 - 1987
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 257
1959 - 2000
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 230
1918 - 2000
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 231
1932 - 2000
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 232
1936 - 2000
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 233
1929 - 2000
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 234
1906 - 2000
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 235
1917 - 2000
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 236
1934 - 2000
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 237
1921 - 2000
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 238
1903 - 2000
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 239
1953 - 2000
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 240
1969 - 2000
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 241
1905 - 2000
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 242
Among people born in United States, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 7,617 out of 18,182. Before her are Scott Foley (1972), Noah Baumbach (1969), George Steinbrenner (1930), Mary Watson Whitney (1847), Charles Conrad Abbott (1843), and Stormy Daniels (1979). After her are Jon-Erik Hexum (1957), Kitty Winn (1944), Eliza Dushku (1980), Judah Folkman (1933), Samantha Fox (1950), and Michael J. Adams (1930).
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 7,611
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 7,612
1930 - 2010
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 7,613
1847 - 1921
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 7,614
1843 - 1919
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 7,615
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 7,616
1917 - 2000
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 7,617
1957 - 1984
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 7,618
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 7,619
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 7,620
1933 - 2008
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 7,621
1950 - 2020
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 7,622
1930 - 1967
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 7,623
Among writers born in United States, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 613. Before her are Louella Parsons (1881), Amy Lowell (1874), Michael Herr (1940), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), and Kate Wilhelm (1928). After her are Katherine Neville (1945), Nella Larsen (1891), Nancy Kress (1948), Gardner Dozois (1947), Marc Okrand (1948), and Grace Paley (1922).
1881 - 1972
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 607
1874 - 1925
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 608
1940 - 2016
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 609
1836 - 1907
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 610
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 611
1928 - 2018
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 612
1917 - 2000
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 613
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 614
1891 - 1964
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 615
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 616
1947 - 2018
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 617
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 618
1922 - 2007
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 619