1920 - 2013
Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American reporter and author, and a long serving member of the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents—from the beginning of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration. Thomas worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Thomas has received more than 959,391 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Helen Thomas is the 4,523rd most popular writer (down from 2,895th in 2019), the 6,351st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,719th in 2019) and the 512th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Helen Thomas ranks 4,523 out of 5,755. Before her are Ángel Ganivet, Wolfgang Koeppen, Nestor Kukolnik, Gabriela Adameșteanu, Sofia Yablonska, and M. Ageyev. After her are Virginie Despentes, Birgitta Trotzig, Robert Greene, Ferreira de Castro, Alan Dean Foster, and Francis Davis Millet.
1865 - 1898
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 4,517
1906 - 1996
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 4,518
1809 - 1868
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 4,519
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 4,520
1907 - 1971
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 4,521
1898 - 1973
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 4,522
1920 - 2013
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 4,523
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 4,524
1929 - 2011
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 4,525
1558 - 1592
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 4,526
1898 - 1974
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 4,527
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 4,528
1848 - 1912
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 4,529
Among people born in 1920, Helen Thomas ranks 282. Before her are Anselmo Duarte, Vincentas Sladkevičius, Mustafa Khalil, Richard Bong, Jens Bjørneboe, and Lea Padovani. After her are Kenneth E. Iverson, Konstantin Beskov, Natalya Kovshova, An Wang, Anton Malatinský, and João Cabral de Melo Neto. Among people deceased in 2013, Helen Thomas ranks 298. Before her are Vladimir Yengibaryan, Chico Hamilton, Zdeněk Zikán, Lorenzo Antonetti, Joseph Paul Franklin, and Antonio Puchades. After her are Nino Bibbia, Sylvia Browne, Phạm Duy, José Luis Sampedro, Raimondo D'Inzeo, and Hassan Habibi.
1920 - 2009
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 276
1920 - 2000
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 277
1920 - 2008
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 278
1920 - 1945
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 279
1920 - 1976
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 280
1920 - 1991
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 281
1920 - 2013
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 282
1920 - 2004
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 283
1920 - 2006
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 284
1920 - 1942
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 285
1920 - 1990
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 286
1920 - 1992
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 287
1920 - 1999
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 288
1932 - 2013
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 292
1921 - 2013
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 293
1937 - 2013
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 294
1922 - 2013
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 295
1950 - 2013
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 296
1925 - 2013
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 297
1920 - 2013
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 298
1922 - 2013
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 299
1936 - 2013
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 300
1921 - 2013
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 301
1917 - 2013
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 302
1925 - 2013
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 303
1937 - 2013
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 304
Among people born in United States, Helen Thomas ranks 6,351 out of 18,182. Before her are Althea Gibson (1927), Kurt Fuller (1953), Rance Howard (1928), Bob Backlund (1949), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (1971), and Randy Jackson (1961). After her are George Moscone (1929), Erik Olin Wright (1947), Greg Germann (1958), Jimmy Ellis (1940), Robert Kramer (1939), and Eddie Cantor (1892).
1927 - 2003
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 6,345
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 6,346
1928 - 2017
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 6,347
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 6,348
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 6,349
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 6,350
1920 - 2013
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,351
1929 - 1978
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,352
1947 - 2019
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,353
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,354
1940 - 2014
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,355
1939 - 1999
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,356
1892 - 1964
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,357
Among writers born in United States, Helen Thomas ranks 512. Before her are James Agee (1909), Leo Buscaglia (1924), William Cullen Bryant (1794), Lucius Shepard (1943), Jane Bowles (1917), and Lydia Davis (1947). After her are Alan Dean Foster (1946), Francis Davis Millet (1848), Sylvia Browne (1936), Damon Knight (1922), Robert Richardson (1955), and Melissa Mathison (1950).
1909 - 1955
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 506
1924 - 1998
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 507
1794 - 1878
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 508
1943 - 2014
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 509
1917 - 1973
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 510
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 511
1920 - 2013
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 512
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 513
1848 - 1912
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 514
1936 - 2013
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 515
1922 - 2002
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 516
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 517
1950 - 2015
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 518