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 634,861 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Gwendolyn Brooks is the 5,055th most popular writer (down from 4,413th in 2019), the 9,040th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,667th in 2019) and the 698th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 5,055 out of 5,794. Before her are Walker Percy, Thomas Lodge, Zitkala-Sa, Amira Hass, Mike Godwin, and Katie Couric. After her are Charlotte Mary Yonge, Michael Chabon, Jhumpa Lahiri, Richelle Mead, W. S. Merwin, and Grace Paley.
1916 - 1990
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 5,049
1558 - 1625
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 5,050
1876 - 1938
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 5,051
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 5,052
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 5,053
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 5,054
1917 - 2000
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 5,055
1823 - 1901
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 5,056
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 5,057
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 5,058
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 5,059
1927 - 2019
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 5,060
1922 - 2007
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 5,061
Among people born in 1917, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 248. Before her are Lou Harrison, Oswald Karch, Jerry Wexler, Francis Parker Yockey, Leonard Chess, and David Hampshire. After her are Jack Lynch, Denis Healey, Walter Munk, Steve Cochran, Robert Merrill, and Arthur Laurents. Among people deceased in 2000, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 242. Before her are Jules Roy, George Montgomery, Yuriy Lituyev, Mildred Wiley, Robert Cormier, and Georgiy Gongadze. After her are Ann Doran, Big Pun, Mark R. Hughes, John Lindsay, Jimmie Davis, and Lynden Pindling.
1917 - 2003
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 242
1917 - 2009
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 243
1917 - 2008
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 244
1917 - 1960
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 245
1917 - 1969
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 246
1917 - 1990
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 247
1917 - 2000
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 248
1917 - 1999
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 249
1917 - 2015
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 250
1917 - 2019
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 251
1917 - 1965
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 252
1917 - 2004
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 253
1917 - 2011
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 254
1907 - 2000
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 236
1916 - 2000
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 237
1925 - 2000
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 238
1901 - 2000
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 239
1925 - 2000
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 240
1969 - 2000
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 241
1917 - 2000
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 242
1911 - 2000
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 243
1971 - 2000
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 244
1956 - 2000
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 245
1921 - 2000
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 246
1899 - 2000
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 247
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 248
Among people born in United States, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 9,040 out of 15,968. Before her are John Cullum (1930), Todd Bridges (1965), Lindsey Graham (1955), Peter Kreeft (1937), Sheree North (1932), and Katie Couric (1957). After her are Jimmy Iovine (1953), Ann Doran (1911), Nicholas Colasanto (1924), Greg Graffin (1964), Frank Benford (1883), and Lawrence Tibbett (1896).
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 9,034
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 9,035
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 9,036
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 9,037
1932 - 2005
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 9,038
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 9,039
1917 - 2000
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 9,040
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 9,041
1911 - 2000
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 9,042
1924 - 1985
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 9,043
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 9,044
1883 - 1948
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 9,045
1896 - 1960
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 9,046
Among writers born in United States, Gwendolyn Brooks ranks 698. Before her are Tony Kushner (1956), Robert Cormier (1925), Walker Percy (1916), Zitkala-Sa (1876), Mike Godwin (1956), and Katie Couric (1957). After her are Michael Chabon (1963), Richelle Mead (1976), W. S. Merwin (1927), Grace Paley (1922), Ann Coulter (1961), and Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869).
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 692
1925 - 2000
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 693
1916 - 1990
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 694
1876 - 1938
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 695
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 696
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 697
1917 - 2000
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 698
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 699
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 700
1927 - 2019
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 701
1922 - 2007
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 702
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 703
1869 - 1935
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 704