1930 - 2019
Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. He is often cited as the most influential English-language critic of the late 20th century. Following the publication of his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including 20 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and a novel. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Bloom has received more than 1,177,784 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Harold Bloom is the 1,812th most popular writer (up from 2,160th in 2019), the 2,276th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,544th in 2019) and the 211th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Harold Bloom ranks 1,812 out of 5,794. Before him are Marcel Achard, Methodius of Olympus, Philippe Quinault, Jean Bruller, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, and Horacio Quiroga. After him are Theophylact of Ohrid, Corax of Syracuse, Vasily Shukshin, Alciphron, Jacopone da Todi, and António Vieira.
1899 - 1974
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 1,806
260 - 311
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 1,807
1635 - 1688
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,808
1902 - 1991
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,809
1597 - 1654
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1,810
1878 - 1937
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 1,811
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 1,812
1055 - 1107
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 1,813
500 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,814
1929 - 1974
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,815
200 - 200
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,816
1236 - 1306
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 1,817
1608 - 1697
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 1,818
Among people born in 1930, Harold Bloom ranks 132. Before him are Akiyuki Nosaka, Tanya Savicheva, Ted Hughes, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Thomas P. Stafford, and Oleg Popov. After him are Carolyn Jones, Fritz Wunderlich, Michel Rocard, Marshall Sahlins, Lina Kostenko, and Vilma Espín. Among people deceased in 2019, Harold Bloom ranks 104. Before him are Gershon Kingsley, Dušan Makavejev, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Robert Frank, Rip Torn, and Peter Mayhew. After him are Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Dawda Jawara, Monkey Punch, Kevin Roche, Machiko Kyō, and Emanuel Ungaro.
1930 - 2015
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 126
1930 - 1944
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 127
1930 - 1998
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 128
1930 - 2020
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 129
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 130
1930 - 2016
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 131
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 132
1930 - 1983
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 133
1930 - 1966
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 134
1930 - 2016
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 135
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 136
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 137
1930 - 2007
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 138
1922 - 2019
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 98
1932 - 2019
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 99
1947 - 2019
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 100
1924 - 2019
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 101
1931 - 2019
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 102
1944 - 2019
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 103
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 104
1920 - 2019
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 105
1924 - 2019
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 106
1937 - 2019
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 107
1922 - 2019
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 108
1924 - 2019
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 109
1933 - 2019
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 110
Among people born in United States, Harold Bloom ranks 2,276 out of 15,968. Before him are Ken Mattingly (1936), George Segal (1934), Stephen Foster (1826), Steve Fossett (1944), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), and William Bates (1860). After him are Patricia Arquette (1968), Ernie Hudson (1945), Frank Knight (1885), Jay Rockefeller (1937), Henry Draper (1837), and Vic Morrow (1929).
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,270
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,271
1826 - 1864
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,272
1944 - 2007
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2,273
1886 - 1945
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 2,274
1860 - 1931
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 2,275
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 2,276
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 2,277
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 2,278
1885 - 1972
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 2,279
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 2,280
1837 - 1882
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 2,281
1929 - 1982
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 2,282
Among writers born in United States, Harold Bloom ranks 211. Before him are David Woodard (1964), Siri Hustvedt (1955), Betty Friedan (1921), Langston Hughes (1902), Raymond E. Feist (1945), and Agnes Smedley (1892). After him are Bernard Malamud (1914), Alex Haley (1921), Ross Macdonald (1915), Stephen Crane (1871), Dorothy Parker (1893), and Morgan Robertson (1861).
1964 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 205
1955 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 206
1921 - 2006
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 207
1902 - 1967
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 208
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 209
1892 - 1950
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 210
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 211
1914 - 1986
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 212
1921 - 1992
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 213
1915 - 1983
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 214
1871 - 1900
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 215
1893 - 1967
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 216
1861 - 1915
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 217