1875 - 1912
Jacques Heath Futrelle (April 9, 1875 – April 15, 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his use of logic. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Futrelle has received more than 388,602 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Futrelle is the 2,385th most popular writer (down from 2,351st in 2019), the 3,078th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,978th in 2019) and the 271st most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Jacques Futrelle ranks 2,385 out of 5,755. Before him are Verrius Flaccus, Dionysios Solomos, Giovanni de' Bardi, Al-Sharif al-Radi, Franz Overbeck, and Robert James Waller. After him are António Vieira, Jim Corbett, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Guido Guinizelli, Jean Starobinski, and Parthenius of Nicaea.
55 BC - 20
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 2,379
1798 - 1857
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 2,380
1534 - 1612
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 2,381
970 - 1015
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 2,382
1837 - 1905
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 2,383
1939 - 2017
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 2,384
1875 - 1912
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 2,385
1608 - 1697
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 2,386
1875 - 1955
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 2,387
1886 - 1913
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 2,388
1230 - 1276
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 2,389
1920 - 2019
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 2,390
1 BC - 14
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 2,391
Among people born in 1875, Jacques Futrelle ranks 65. Before him are Jacques Villon, Gustav Flatow, Othenio Abel, Robert Garrett, Konstantin Hierl, and Georges Hébert. After him are Jim Corbett, Pierre Monteux, Eugen Schauman, Alfred P. Sloan, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, and Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1912, Jacques Futrelle ranks 55. Before him are Herman Bang, Archibald Gracie IV, Gustave de Molinari, Ernest Duchesne, Giovanni Pascoli, and James S. Sherman. After him are Clara Barton, Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, François-Alphonse Forel, George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Takuboku Ishikawa, and Paul Wallot.
1875 - 1963
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 59
1875 - 1945
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 60
1875 - 1946
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 61
1875 - 1961
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 62
1875 - 1955
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 63
1875 - 1957
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 64
1875 - 1912
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 65
1875 - 1955
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 66
1875 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 67
1875 - 1904
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 68
1875 - 1966
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 69
1875 - 1961
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 70
1875 - 1895
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 71
1857 - 1912
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 49
1858 - 1912
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 50
1819 - 1912
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 51
1874 - 1912
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 52
1855 - 1912
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 53
1855 - 1912
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 54
1875 - 1912
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 55
1821 - 1912
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 56
1854 - 1912
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 57
1841 - 1912
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 58
1852 - 1912
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 59
1886 - 1912
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 60
1841 - 1912
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 61
Among people born in United States, Jacques Futrelle ranks 3,078 out of 18,182. Before him are Calista Flockhart (1964), Geoffrey Lewis (1935), Robert James Waller (1939), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Elizabeth Banks (1974), and Barbara O'Neil (1910). After him are Daniel Baldwin (1960), Dick Scobee (1939), Annie Sprinkle (1954), David Wilkerson (1931), Donald Davidson (1917), and Joe Don Baker (1936).
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 3,072
1935 - 2015
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 3,073
1939 - 2017
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 3,074
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 3,075
1974 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 3,076
1910 - 1980
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 3,077
1875 - 1912
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 3,078
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 3,079
1939 - 1986
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 3,080
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 3,081
1931 - 2011
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 3,082
1917 - 2003
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 3,083
1936 - Present
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 3,084
Among writers born in United States, Jacques Futrelle ranks 271. Before him are Edward Bunker (1933), Mary Baker Eddy (1821), Orson Scott Card (1951), Kate Chopin (1850), Johnston McCulley (1883), and Robert James Waller (1939). After him are Siri Hustvedt (1955), William L. Shirer (1904), Winston Groom (1943), Charles Berlitz (1913), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), and Henry Darger (1892).
1933 - 2005
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 265
1821 - 1910
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 266
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 267
1850 - 1904
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 268
1883 - 1958
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 269
1939 - 2017
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 270
1875 - 1912
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 271
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 272
1904 - 1993
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 273
1943 - 2020
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 274
1913 - 2003
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 275
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 276
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 277