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Henry Louis Gates Jr.

1950 - Today

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He is a trustee of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Louis Gates Jr. has received more than 2,804,329 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the 6,268th most popular writer (down from 5,534th in 2019), the 14,032nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,197th in 2019) and the 1,013th most popular American Writer.

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  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henry Louis Gates Jr. ranks 6,268 out of 5,755. Before him are Irshad Manji, Anthony E. Zuiker, Barbara Kingsolver, Màrius Serra, Simon Kuper, and Ken MacLeod. After him are Mariam Petrosyan, Claudia Amengual, Josh Schwartz, Adam Elliot, Joaquin Miller, and Ann Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Henry Louis Gates Jr. ranks 629. Before him are Charles Frazier, Jackie Speier, Mike Johanns, Mary Tamm, David C. Hilmers, and Malcolm Macdonald. After him are Larry Perkins, Alan Johnson, Carl J. Meade, David Frawley, Daniel Benzali, and Caldwell Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Louis Gates Jr. ranks 14,032 out of 18,182. Before him are Maggie Hassan (1958), Greg Ginn (1954), Anne Henning (1955), Gloria Henry (1923), John Grant (1968), and Kaye Hall (1951). After him are Jon Robert Holden (1976), Justin Baldoni (1984), Olivia Holt (1997), Rob Caggiano (1976), Offset (1991), and Lloy Ball (1972).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Henry Louis Gates Jr. ranks 1,013. Before him are Mary L. Trump (1965), Dave Barry (1947), Ann Patchett (1963), Walter Jon Williams (1953), Anthony E. Zuiker (1968), and Barbara Kingsolver (1955). After him are Josh Schwartz (1976), Joaquin Miller (1837), Charles Portis (1933), David Frawley (1950), George Will (1941), and Sherman Alexie (1966).

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