1926 - 2016
Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist best known for her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Lee published only two books, yet she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for her contribution to literature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harper Lee has received more than 6,207,058 page views. Her biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Harper Lee is the 512th most popular writer (up from 595th in 2019), the 534th most popular biography from United States (up from 578th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Writer.
Harper Lee is most famous for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Among writers, Harper Lee ranks 512 out of 5,794. Before her are Abai Qunanbaiuly, Vasily Grossman, Camille Flammarion, Paul Lafargue, José Martí, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. After her are Philip Larkin, Marina Tsvetaeva, Milena Jesenská, Michel Houellebecq, Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
1845 - 1904
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 506
1905 - 1964
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 507
1842 - 1925
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 508
1842 - 1911
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 509
1853 - 1895
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 510
1811 - 1896
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 511
1926 - 2016
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 512
1922 - 1985
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 513
1892 - 1941
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 514
1896 - 1944
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 515
1956 - Present
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 516
1394 - 1465
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 517
1874 - 1929
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 518
Among people born in 1926, Harper Lee ranks 26. Before her are Svetlana Alliluyeva, Paul Bocuse, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, John Coltrane, Allen Ginsberg, and Ivan Illich. After her are Clifford Geertz, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Jack Brabham, Louise Hay, Beji Caid Essebsi, and Thích Nhất Hạnh. Among people deceased in 2016, Harper Lee ranks 26. Before her are Jerome Bruner, João Havelange, Carlos Alberto Torres, Pierre Boulez, Abbas Kiarostami, and George Michael. After her are Nancy Reagan, Carrie Fisher, Elie Wiesel, Prince, John Glenn, and Bernardo Provenzano.
1926 - 2011
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 20
1926 - 2018
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 21
1926 - 2002
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 22
1926 - 1967
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 23
1926 - 1997
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 24
1926 - 2002
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 25
1926 - 2016
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 26
1926 - 2006
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 27
1926 - Present
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 28
1926 - 2014
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 29
1926 - 2017
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 30
1926 - 2019
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 31
1926 - Present
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 32
1915 - 2016
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 20
1916 - 2016
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 21
1944 - 2016
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 22
1925 - 2016
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 23
1940 - 2016
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 24
1963 - 2016
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 25
1926 - 2016
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 26
1921 - 2016
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 27
1956 - 2016
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 28
1928 - 2016
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 29
1958 - 2016
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 30
1921 - 2016
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 31
1933 - 2016
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 32
Among people born in United States, Harper Lee ranks 534 out of 15,968. Before her are Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Johns Hopkins (1795), Nancy Pelosi (1940), Billie Holiday (1915), and Madam C. J. Walker (1867). After her are Dwayne Johnson (1972), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Howard Gardner (1943), Ed Harris (1950), Chester A. Arthur (1829), and Bill de Blasio (1961).
1811 - 1896
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 528
1947 - 2009
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 529
1795 - 1873
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 530
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 531
1915 - 1959
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 532
1867 - 1919
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 533
1926 - 2016
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 534
1972 - Present
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 535
1961 - 2018
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 536
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 537
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 538
1829 - 1886
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 539
1961 - Present
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 540
Among writers born in United States, Harper Lee ranks 62. Before her are Washington Irving (1783), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Allen Ginsberg (1926), Frank Herbert (1920), Ellen G. White (1827), and Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811). After her are Harriet Tubman (1820), George R. R. Martin (1948), Dean Koontz (1945), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Robert Ludlum (1927), and Patricia Highsmith (1921).
1783 - 1859
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 56
1907 - 1988
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 57
1926 - 1997
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 58
1920 - 1986
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 59
1827 - 1915
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 60
1811 - 1896
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 61
1926 - 2016
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 62
1820 - 1913
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 63
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 64
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 65
1888 - 1953
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 66
1927 - 2001
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 67
1921 - 1995
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 68