1930 - 2019
Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world". After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Bloom has received more than 1,912,970 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Harold Bloom is the 2,134th most popular writer (down from 1,810th in 2019), the 2,773rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,275th in 2019) and the 249th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Harold Bloom ranks 2,134 out of 5,755. Before him are Bálint Balassi, Shakuntala Devi, Abraham ibn Daud, Thorbjørn Egner, Vera Brittain, and Giovanni Battista Guarini. After him are Fredrika Bremer, Khushal Khattak, Thomas Gray, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Aleksa Šantić, and Suzanne Collins.
1554 - 1594
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,128
1929 - 2013
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 2,129
1110 - 1180
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 2,130
1912 - 1990
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 2,131
1893 - 1970
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,132
1538 - 1612
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,133
1930 - 2019
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,134
1801 - 1865
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,135
1613 - 1689
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,136
1716 - 1771
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,137
1833 - 1904
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,138
1868 - 1924
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,139
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,140
Among people born in 1930, Harold Bloom ranks 163. Before him are Anthony Steffen, Thomas P. Stafford, Clifford Brown, Carolyn Jones, Miljan Miljanić, and Todor Veselinović. After him are Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, June Almeida, Yuan Longping, Luis de Pablo, Israel Kirzner, and Stuart Lewis-Evans. Among people deceased in 2019, Harold Bloom ranks 125. Before him are Kevin Roche, Antoine Gizenga, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Jacques Loussier, and John C. Bogle. After him are Jean Vanier, Judith Kerr, Emanuel Ungaro, John Havlicek, France-Albert René, and Jan Stráský.
1930 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 157
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 158
1930 - 1956
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 159
1930 - 1983
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 160
1930 - 2012
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 161
1930 - 2017
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 162
1930 - 2019
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 163
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 164
1930 - 2007
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 165
1930 - 2021
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 166
1930 - 2021
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 167
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 168
1930 - 1958
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 169
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 119
1925 - 2019
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 120
1903 - 2019
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 121
1919 - 2019
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 122
1934 - 2019
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 123
1929 - 2019
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 124
1930 - 2019
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 125
1928 - 2019
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 126
1923 - 2019
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 127
1933 - 2019
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 128
1940 - 2019
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 129
1935 - 2019
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 130
1940 - 2019
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 131
Among people born in United States, Harold Bloom ranks 2,773 out of 18,182. Before him are Joseph Stilwell (1883), Bobby Darin (1936), Thomas R. Marshall (1854), William Henry Pickering (1858), Patrick Duffy (1949), and Michael J. Smith (1945). After him are Carl Andre (1935), Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (1981), Daniel Boone (1734), Suzanne Collins (1962), James Remar (1953), and Heather Locklear (1961).
1883 - 1946
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 2,767
1936 - 1973
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 2,768
1854 - 1925
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 2,769
1858 - 1938
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 2,770
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,771
1945 - 1986
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,772
1930 - 2019
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,773
1935 - 2024
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,774
1981 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,775
1734 - 1820
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,776
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,777
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 2,778
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 2,779
Among writers born in United States, Harold Bloom ranks 249. Before him are Erich Segal (1937), Djuna Barnes (1892), Maurice Sendak (1928), Flannery O'Connor (1925), Fritz Leiber (1910), and Archibald Gracie IV (1858). After him are Suzanne Collins (1962), Theodore Sturgeon (1918), John Edward Williams (1922), Morgan Robertson (1861), Ben Hecht (1893), and Margaret Fuller (1810).
1937 - 2010
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 243
1892 - 1982
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 244
1928 - 2012
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 245
1925 - 1964
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 246
1910 - 1992
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 247
1858 - 1912
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 248
1930 - 2019
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 249
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 250
1918 - 1985
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 251
1922 - 1994
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 252
1861 - 1915
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 253
1893 - 1964
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 254
1810 - 1850
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 255