1878 - 1927
James Oliver Curwood (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books were often based on adventures set in the Hudson Bay area, the Yukon or Alaska and ranked among the top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early and mid 1920s, according to Publishers Weekly. At least one hundred and eighty motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories; one was produced in three versions from 1919 to 1953. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Oliver Curwood has received more than 157,928 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. James Oliver Curwood is the 1,350th most popular writer (down from 1,312th in 2019), the 1,704th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,541st in 2019) and the 162nd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, James Oliver Curwood ranks 1,350 out of 5,755. Before him are Stig Dagerman, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Samuel R. Delany, Daniel Pennac, Ibn Khallikan, and Sharafkhan Bidlisi. After him are Ubertino of Casale, Adam de la Halle, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Edward Albee, Norman Mailer, and Diana Gabaldon.
1923 - 1954
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,344
600 - 624
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,345
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,346
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,347
1211 - 1282
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,348
1543 - 1603
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,349
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,350
1259 - 1330
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,351
1245 - 1288
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,352
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,353
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 1,354
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 1,355
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,356
Among people born in 1878, James Oliver Curwood ranks 42. Before him are Georg Kaiser, Clemens August Graf von Galen, Mahmud Barzanji, Slavko Kvaternik, Yosano Akiko, and Stepan Shaumian. After him are Angelica Balabanoff, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Kōki Hirota, Boris Kustodiev, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, and Milan Hodža. Among people deceased in 1927, James Oliver Curwood ranks 30. Before him are Yusef of Morocco, Wilhelm Johannsen, Max Hoffmann, Enrique Simonet, Shote Galica, and Li Dazhao. After him are Michael Ancher, Saad Zaghloul, Boris Kustodiev, Vilhelm Thomsen, Sisowath of Cambodia, and Louise Abbéma.
1878 - 1945
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 36
1878 - 1946
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 37
1878 - 1956
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 38
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 39
1878 - 1942
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 40
1878 - 1918
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 41
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 42
1878 - 1965
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 43
1878 - 1959
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 44
1878 - 1948
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 45
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 46
1878 - 1943
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 47
1878 - 1944
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 48
1882 - 1927
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 24
1857 - 1927
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 25
1869 - 1927
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 26
1866 - 1927
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 27
1895 - 1927
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 28
1889 - 1927
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 29
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 30
1849 - 1927
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 31
1858 - 1927
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 32
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 33
1842 - 1927
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 34
1840 - 1927
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 35
1853 - 1927
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 36
Among people born in United States, James Oliver Curwood ranks 1,704 out of 18,182. Before him are Charles Mingus (1922), Samuel R. Delany (1942), Robert E. Park (1864), Michael Dudikoff (1954), Tom Regan (1938), and Charles Eames (1907). After him are Thomas Haden Church (1960), Wilbur Scoville (1865), Jessye Norman (1945), Richard Jenkins (1947), Adrien Brody (1973), and Jerry Stiller (1927).
1922 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,698
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,699
1864 - 1944
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,700
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,701
1938 - 2017
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,702
1907 - 1978
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,703
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,704
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,705
1865 - 1942
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,706
1945 - 2019
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,707
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,708
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,709
1927 - 2020
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,710
Among writers born in United States, James Oliver Curwood ranks 162. Before him are Robert Sheckley (1928), Don DeLillo (1936), Robert Bloch (1917), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), William Styron (1925), and Samuel R. Delany (1942). After him are Edward Albee (1928), Norman Mailer (1923), Diana Gabaldon (1952), James Patterson (1947), Thornton Wilder (1897), and Martin Gardner (1914).
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 156
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 157
1917 - 1994
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 158
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 159
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 160
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 161
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 162
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 163
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 164
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 165
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 166
1897 - 1975
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 167
1914 - 2010
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 168