1909 - 1955
James Rufus Agee ( AY-jee; November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, writing for Time, he was one of the most influential film critics in the United States. His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957), won the author a posthumous 1958 Pulitzer Prize. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Agee has received more than 665,065 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). James Agee is the 4,464th most popular writer (down from 4,048th in 2019), the 6,225th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,614th in 2019) and the 506th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, James Agee ranks 4,464 out of 5,755. Before him are Alfredo Zitarrosa, Eliška Krásnohorská, Kedarnath Singh, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Carmen de Burgos, and Edward William Lane. After him are Stijn Streuvels, Nikolai Tikhonov, George Chapman, Iakob Gogebashvili, Hans Werner Richter, and Leo Buscaglia.
1936 - 1989
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,458
1847 - 1926
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,459
1934 - 2018
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,460
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,461
1867 - 1932
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,462
1801 - 1876
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 4,463
1909 - 1955
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 4,464
1871 - 1969
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 4,465
1896 - 1979
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 4,466
1559 - 1634
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 4,467
1840 - 1912
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 4,468
1908 - 1993
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 4,469
1924 - 1998
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 4,470
Among people born in 1909, James Agee ranks 241. Before him are Carlo Agostoni, Karl Gruber, Peter Scott, Hilde Domin, Arvo Askola, and Cilly Aussem. After him are Toshiko Yuasa, Bill Carr, Balamani Amma, Sven Jonasson, Mike Todd, and Ramón Villeda Morales. Among people deceased in 1955, James Agee ranks 114. Before him are Nick Winter, Honus Wagner, Johannes de Jong, Shemp Howard, Jonni Myyrä, and Luís de Freitas Branco. After him are František Janda-Suk, Constantin Argetoianu, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Arturo Coddou, Tommy Burns, and Charley Toorop.
1909 - 1972
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 235
1909 - 1995
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 236
1909 - 1989
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 237
1909 - 2006
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 238
1909 - 1975
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 239
1909 - 1963
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 240
1909 - 1955
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 241
1909 - 1980
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 242
1909 - 1966
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 243
1909 - 2004
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 244
1909 - 1984
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 245
1909 - 1958
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 246
1909 - 1971
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 247
1894 - 1955
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 108
1874 - 1955
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 109
1885 - 1955
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 110
1895 - 1955
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 111
1892 - 1955
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 112
1890 - 1955
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 113
1909 - 1955
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 114
1878 - 1955
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 115
1871 - 1955
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 116
1863 - 1955
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 117
1905 - 1955
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 118
1881 - 1955
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 119
1891 - 1955
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 120
Among people born in United States, James Agee ranks 6,225 out of 18,182. Before him are Lucas Black (1982), Pat Smear (1959), James Dashner (1972), Aria Giovanni (1977), Henry Slocum (1862), and Kenneth Mars (1935). After him are Frank Irons (1886), Ann Blyth (1928), Ralph Towner (1940), Parker Posey (1968), Mandy Moore (1984), and Louise Dresser (1878).
1982 - Present
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 6,219
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 6,220
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 6,221
1977 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 6,222
1862 - 1949
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 6,223
1935 - 2011
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 6,224
1909 - 1955
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 6,225
1886 - 1942
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 6,226
1928 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 6,227
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 6,228
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 6,229
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 6,230
1878 - 1965
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 6,231
Among writers born in United States, James Agee ranks 506. Before him are Horatio Alger (1832), Robert B. Parker (1932), Louis Bromfield (1896), Irving Wallace (1916), Marilyn French (1929), and James Dashner (1972). After him are Leo Buscaglia (1924), William Cullen Bryant (1794), Lucius Shepard (1943), Jane Bowles (1917), Lydia Davis (1947), and Helen Thomas (1920).
1832 - 1899
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 500
1932 - 2010
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 501
1896 - 1956
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 502
1916 - 1990
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 503
1929 - 2009
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 504
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 505
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