1934 - 2018
Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of Psycho, described Ellison as "the only living organism I know whose natural habitat is hot water."His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media. Some of his best-known works include the 1967 Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" (he subsequently wrote a book about the experience that includes his original screenplay), his A Boy and His Dog cycle, and his short stories "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harlan Ellison has received more than 2,654,095 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Harlan Ellison is the 2,562nd most popular writer (down from 2,137th in 2019), the 3,319th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,672nd in 2019) and the 301st most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Harlan Ellison ranks 2,562 out of 5,755. Before him are Jean Lorrain, Karin Fossum, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Alonso de Ercilla, Takiji Kobayashi, and Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh. After him are Aspazija, John Christopher, Tudor Arghezi, Àngel Guimerà, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, and Ursula Kuczynski.
1855 - 1906
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 2,556
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 2,557
1908 - 1974
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 2,558
1533 - 1594
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 2,559
1903 - 1933
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 2,560
1925 - 2009
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 2,561
1934 - 2018
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 2,562
1865 - 1943
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 2,563
1922 - 2012
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 2,564
1880 - 1967
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 2,565
1845 - 1924
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 2,566
1578 - 1632
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 2,567
1907 - 2000
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 2,568
Among people born in 1934, Harlan Ellison ranks 167. Before him are Del Shannon, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Frans Brüggen, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Ioannis Palaiokrassas, and Dida. After him are Henri Konan Bédié, George Hilton, Robert D. Hare, Boris Volynov, Dave Grusin, and Fou Ts'ong. Among people deceased in 2018, Harlan Ellison ranks 146. Before him are Katherine MacGregor, David Ogden Stiers, Philip Kerr, Lisbeth Palme, Moshé Mizrahi, and Choi Eun-hee. After him are Ola Ullsten, Ara Güler, Dan Gurney, Nancy Roman, John Sulston, and Kirin Kiki.
1934 - 1990
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 161
1934 - 1982
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 162
1934 - 2014
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 163
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 164
1934 - 2021
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 165
1934 - 2002
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 166
1934 - 2018
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 167
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 168
1934 - 2019
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 169
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 170
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 171
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 172
1934 - 2020
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 173
1925 - 2018
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 140
1942 - 2018
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 141
1956 - 2018
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 142
1931 - 2018
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 143
1931 - 2018
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 144
1926 - 2018
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 145
1934 - 2018
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 146
1931 - 2018
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 147
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 148
1931 - 2018
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 149
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 150
1942 - 2018
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 151
1943 - 2018
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 152
Among people born in United States, Harlan Ellison ranks 3,319 out of 18,182. Before him are Jason Miller (1939), Holland Smith (1882), Craig T. Nelson (1944), Dan Hedaya (1940), Bugs Moran (1893), and Chris Wallace (1947). After him are Claire Trevor (1910), Jason Alexander (1959), Annette O'Toole (1952), Louis Prima (1910), Jeff Fahey (1952), and Steve Gadd (1945).
1939 - 2001
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 3,313
1882 - 1967
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 3,314
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 3,315
1940 - Present
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 3,316
1893 - 1957
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 3,317
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 3,318
1934 - 2018
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 3,319
1910 - 2000
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 3,320
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 3,321
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 3,322
1910 - 1978
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 3,323
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 3,324
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 3,325
Among writers born in United States, Harlan Ellison ranks 301. Before him are Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Eric Roth (1945), Lawrence Block (1938), Budd Schulberg (1914), and Shere Hite (1942). After him are Harold Robbins (1916), Horace McCoy (1897), Gregory Corso (1930), E. L. Doctorow (1931), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), and Lois Lowry (1937).
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 295
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 296
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 297
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 298
1914 - 2009
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 299
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 300
1934 - 2018
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 301
1916 - 1997
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 302
1897 - 1955
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 303
1930 - 2001
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 304
1931 - 2015
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 305
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 306
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 307