1886 - 1961
Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 – September 27, 1961) was an American modernist poet, novelist, and memoirist who wrote under the name H.D. throughout her life. Her career began in 1911 after she moved to London and co-founded the avant-garde Imagist group of poets with American expatriate poet and critic Ezra Pound. During this early period, her minimalist free verse poems depicting Classical motifs drew international attention. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H.D. has received more than 671,657 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). H.D. is the 2,808th most popular writer (up from 2,916th in 2019), the 3,682nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,745th in 2019) and the 332nd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, H.D. ranks 2,808 out of 5,755. Before her are Louis of Granada, Nonius Marcellus, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Bo Carpelan, Marco Foscarini, and Lucius Afranius. After her are Jean Ray, Miguel Torga, Józef Czapski, Fatma Aliye Topuz, Giovanni Pontano, and Leon Uris.
1504 - 1588
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 2,802
300 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 2,803
1201 - 1250
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 2,804
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 2,805
1696 - 1763
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 2,806
150 BC - 90 BC
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 2,807
1886 - 1961
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 2,808
1887 - 1964
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 2,809
1907 - 1995
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,810
1896 - 1993
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,811
1862 - 1936
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,812
1426 - 1503
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,813
1924 - 2003
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,814
Among people born in 1886, H.D. ranks 133. Before her are Hitoshi Imamura, José Linhares, Itzhak Katzenelson, Pierre Benoit, Al Jolson, and Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke. After her are Ernst May, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Aloïse Corbaz, Anandyn Amar, Felix Timmermans, and Rebecca Clarke. Among people deceased in 1961, H.D. ranks 72. Before her are Jeff Chandler, Hélène Dutrieu, Gustav Ucicky, Hubert Van Innis, Anton Flettner, and Thomas Beecham. After her are Camille Guérin, Nicola Canali, Václav Talich, Edith Wilson, Andrzej Munk, and Marion Davies.
1886 - 1968
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 127
1886 - 1957
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 128
1886 - 1944
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 129
1886 - 1962
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 130
1886 - 1950
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 131
1886 - 1960
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 132
1886 - 1961
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 133
1886 - 1970
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 134
1886 - 1946
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 135
1886 - 1964
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 136
1886 - 1941
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 137
1886 - 1947
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 138
1886 - 1979
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 139
1918 - 1961
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 66
1877 - 1961
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 67
1899 - 1961
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 68
1866 - 1961
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 69
1885 - 1961
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 70
1879 - 1961
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 71
1886 - 1961
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 72
1872 - 1961
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 73
1874 - 1961
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 74
1883 - 1961
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 75
1872 - 1961
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 76
1921 - 1961
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 77
1897 - 1961
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 78
Among people born in United States, H.D. ranks 3,682 out of 18,182. Before her are Mildred Natwick (1905), Robert Montgomery (1904), Milo Ventimiglia (1977), Alan Sokal (1955), Melissa Sue Anderson (1962), and Jay Cutler (1973). After her are Renée Taylor (1933), Cherry Jones (1956), Stewart Copeland (1952), Marc Mitscher (1887), Josh Holloway (1969), and Dean Jones (1931).
1905 - 1994
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 3,676
1904 - 1981
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 3,677
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 3,678
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 3,679
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 3,680
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 3,681
1886 - 1961
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 3,682
1933 - Present
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 3,683
1956 - Present
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 3,684
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 3,685
1887 - 1947
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 3,686
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 3,687
1931 - 2015
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 3,688
Among writers born in United States, H.D. ranks 332. Before her are Henry Kuttner (1915), David Eddings (1931), Laura Bridgman (1829), Alice B. Toklas (1877), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), and Hubert Selby Jr. (1928). After her are Leon Uris (1924), Andre Norton (1912), Lucia Berlin (1936), Katherine Jackson (1930), James A. Michener (1907), and Booker T. Washington (1856).
1915 - 1958
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 326
1931 - 2009
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 327
1829 - 1889
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 328
1877 - 1967
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 329
1948 - 2019
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 330
1928 - 2004
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 331
1886 - 1961
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 332
1924 - 2003
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 333
1912 - 2005
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 334
1936 - 2004
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 335
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 336
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 337
1856 - 1915
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 338