1949 - Today
Jamaica Kincaid (; born May 25, 1949) is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. She was born in St. John's, Antigua (part of the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jamaica Kincaid has received more than 812,741 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jamaica Kincaid is the 4,935th most popular writer (up from 5,003rd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Antigua and Barbuda (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Antiguan, Barbudan Writer.
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Among writers, Jamaica Kincaid ranks 4,935 out of 5,755. Before her are Jorge Icaza Coronel, George Holyoake, František Halas, James C. Collins, Clara Reeve, and Charles Montagu Doughty. After her are José Luandino Vieira, Nicholas Meyer, Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani, Pascal Lainé, Béatrix Beck, and Tsitsi Dangarembga.
1906 - 1978
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 4,929
1817 - 1906
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 4,930
1901 - 1949
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 4,931
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 4,932
1729 - 1807
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 4,933
1843 - 1926
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 4,934
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 4,935
1935 - Present
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 4,936
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 4,937
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 4,938
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 4,939
1914 - 2008
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 4,940
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 4,941
Among people born in 1949, Jamaica Kincaid ranks 427. Before her are Heather Menzies, Volodymyr Onyshchenko, Nadia Cassini, Jacques Weber, Orani João Tempesta, and Kriengsak Kovitvanit. After her are Hartmut Briesenick, Charles Fefferman, John Farnham, Chrisye, Bernd Nickel, and Richard Hell.
1949 - 2017
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 421
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 422
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 423
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 424
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 425
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 426
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 427
1949 - 2013
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 428
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 429
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 430
1949 - 2007
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 431
1949 - 2021
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 432
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 433
Among people born in Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica Kincaid ranks 2 out of 11. Before her are Rodney Williams (1947). After her are Baldwin Spencer (1948), Louise Lake-Tack (1944), Vere Bird (1910), Gaston Browne (1967), James Carlisle (1937), Viv Richards (1952), James Beckford (1975), Brendan Christian (1983), and Daniel Bailey (1986).
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 1
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 2
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 3
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 4
1910 - 1999
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 5
1967 - Present
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 6
1937 - Present
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 7
1952 - Present
HPI: 34.80
Rank: 8
1975 - Present
HPI: 25.81
Rank: 9
1983 - Present
HPI: 24.75
Rank: 10
1986 - Present
HPI: 24.47
Rank: 11
Among writers born in Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica Kincaid ranks 1.