1789 - 1851
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly before his death and contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society.After a stint on a commercial voyage, Cooper served in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Fenimore Cooper has received more than 1,841,054 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). James Fenimore Cooper is the 348th most popular writer (down from 339th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from United States (down from 309th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Writer.
James Fenimore Cooper is most famous for his book, The Last of the Mohicans.
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Among writers, James Fenimore Cooper ranks 348 out of 5,755. Before him are O. Henry, Jorge Amado, Wilhelm Grimm, Johannes V. Jensen, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, and Paul Éluard. After him are Truman Capote, John Keats, Max Brod, Nâzım Hikmet, Jacques Prévert, and Ahmad Yasawi.
1862 - 1910
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 342
1912 - 2001
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 343
1786 - 1859
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 344
1873 - 1950
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 345
25 BC - 50
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 346
1895 - 1952
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 347
1789 - 1851
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 348
1924 - 1984
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 349
1795 - 1821
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 350
1884 - 1968
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 351
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 352
1900 - 1977
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 353
1103 - 1166
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 354
Among people born in 1789, James Fenimore Cooper ranks 3. Before him are Georg Ohm and Augustin-Louis Cauchy. After him are Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Friedrich List, María Isabella of Spain, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Horace Vernet, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Princess Charlotte of Denmark, Heinrich Schwabe, and Abbas Mirza. Among people deceased in 1851, James Fenimore Cooper ranks 6. Before him are Hans Christian Ørsted, J. M. W. Turner, Mary Shelley, Louis Daguerre, and Marie Thérèse of France. After him are Karl Drais, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, and Manuel Godoy.
1789 - 1854
HPI: 79.15
Rank: 1
1789 - 1857
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 2
1789 - 1851
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 3
1789 - 1848
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 4
1789 - 1846
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 5
1789 - 1848
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 6
1789 - 1860
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 7
1789 - 1863
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 8
1789 - 1869
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 9
1789 - 1864
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 10
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 11
1789 - 1833
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 12
1777 - 1851
HPI: 81.20
Rank: 1
1775 - 1851
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 2
1797 - 1851
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 3
1787 - 1851
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 4
1778 - 1851
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 5
1789 - 1851
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 6
1785 - 1851
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 7
1769 - 1851
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 8
1788 - 1851
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 9
1804 - 1851
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 10
1771 - 1851
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 11
1767 - 1851
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, James Fenimore Cooper ranks 336 out of 18,182. Before him are Michael Porter (1947), Man Ray (1890), Herman Hollerith (1860), Sandra Bullock (1964), John Bardeen (1908), and Bill Murray (1950). After him are Truman Capote (1924), Joseph Stiglitz (1943), Margaret Mead (1901), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Dick Cheney (1941), and Jack Ruby (1911).
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 330
1890 - 1976
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 331
1860 - 1929
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 332
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 333
1908 - 1991
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 334
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 335
1789 - 1851
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 336
1924 - 1984
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 337
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 338
1901 - 1978
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 339
1917 - 1996
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 340
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 341
1911 - 1967
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 342
Among writers born in United States, James Fenimore Cooper ranks 36. Before him are Ezra Pound (1885), Arthur Miller (1915), Louise Glück (1943), Napoleon Hill (1883), Philip Roth (1933), and O. Henry (1862). After him are Truman Capote (1924), Susan Sontag (1933), Henry James (1843), Dan Brown (1964), Sylvia Plath (1932), and Paul Auster (1947).
1885 - 1972
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 30
1915 - 2005
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 31
1943 - 2023
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 32
1883 - 1970
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 33
1933 - 2018
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 34
1862 - 1910
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 35
1789 - 1851
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 36
1924 - 1984
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 37
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 38
1843 - 1916
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 39
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 40
1932 - 1963
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 41
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 42