1892 - 1977
James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American author and journalist. Cain vehemently opposed labeling, but he is usually associated with the hardboiled school of American crime fiction and is seen as one of the creators of the roman noir. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James M. Cain has received more than 443,121 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). James M. Cain is the 2,020th most popular writer (down from 1,850th in 2019), the 2,536th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,181st in 2019) and the 242nd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, James M. Cain ranks 2,020 out of 5,794. Before him are Johnston McCulley, Charles Maturin, Maurice Sendak, Nelson Algren, Gaston Paris, and Matthew Arnold. After him are Eliza Orzeszkowa, Gottschalk of Orbais, Julian Tuwim, Neil Postman, Oscar Milosz, and Ahad Ha'am.
1883 - 1958
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 2,014
1780 - 1824
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 2,015
1928 - 2012
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 2,016
1909 - 1981
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 2,017
1839 - 1903
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 2,018
1822 - 1888
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,019
1892 - 1977
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,020
1841 - 1910
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,021
805 - 869
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,022
1894 - 1953
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,023
1931 - 2003
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,024
1877 - 1939
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,025
1856 - 1927
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,026
Among people born in 1892, James M. Cain ranks 103. Before him are Basil Rathbone, Richard Aldington, Hermann Breith, John Alcock, Ivan Šubašić, and Mahidol Adulyadej. After him are Charles Vanel, Takeo Takagi, Radola Gajda, Karl Lennart Oesch, Juan Belmonte, and Harry Dexter White. Among people deceased in 1977, James M. Cain ranks 74. Before him are Jacques Tourneur, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Carlos Pace, Félix Gouin, Erroll Garner, and Arsenio Erico. After him are Hamida Djandoubi, Samael Aun Weor, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Oskar Klein, Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, and Nathan Homer Knorr.
1892 - 1967
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 97
1892 - 1962
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 98
1892 - 1964
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 99
1892 - 1919
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 100
1892 - 1955
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 101
1892 - 1929
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 102
1892 - 1977
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 103
1892 - 1989
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 104
1892 - 1944
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 105
1892 - 1948
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 106
1892 - 1978
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 107
1892 - 1962
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 108
1892 - 1948
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 109
1904 - 1977
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 68
1899 - 1977
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 69
1944 - 1977
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 70
1884 - 1977
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 71
1923 - 1977
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 72
1915 - 1977
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 73
1892 - 1977
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 74
1949 - 1977
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 75
1917 - 1977
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 76
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 77
1894 - 1977
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 78
1909 - 1977
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 79
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 80
Among people born in United States, James M. Cain ranks 2,536 out of 15,968. Before him are Nelson Algren (1909), Harvey Cushing (1869), Esther Williams (1921), Ben Johnson (1918), Paul Rudd (1969), and Leonard Susskind (1940). After him are William Labov (1927), Paul Robeson (1898), David Strathairn (1949), Neil Postman (1931), Henry Silva (1928), and Philip Sheridan (1831).
1909 - 1981
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 2,530
1869 - 1939
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 2,531
1921 - 2013
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 2,532
1918 - 1996
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 2,533
1969 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 2,534
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 2,535
1892 - 1977
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,536
1927 - Present
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,537
1898 - 1976
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,538
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,539
1931 - 2003
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,540
1928 - Present
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,541
1831 - 1888
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,542
Among writers born in United States, James M. Cain ranks 242. Before him are Edward Gorey (1925), Nora Ephron (1941), Maria Shriver (1955), Johnston McCulley (1883), Maurice Sendak (1928), and Nelson Algren (1909). After him are Neil Postman (1931), Margaret Fuller (1810), Kate Millett (1934), Edward Bellamy (1850), Tony Robbins (1960), and William Moulton Marston (1893).
1925 - 2000
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 236
1941 - 2012
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 237
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 238
1883 - 1958
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 239
1928 - 2012
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 240
1909 - 1981
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 241
1892 - 1977
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 242
1931 - 2003
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 243
1810 - 1850
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 244
1934 - 2017
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 245
1850 - 1898
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 246
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 247
1893 - 1947
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 248