1871 - 1938
James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Weldon Johnson has received more than 1,127,436 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). James Weldon Johnson is the 6,003rd most popular writer (down from 5,275th in 2019), the 12,193rd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,447th in 2019) and the 904th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, James Weldon Johnson ranks 6,003 out of 5,755. Before him are Oles Buzina, Maurice G. Dantec, Peter Morgan, Sylvain Tesson, Zlata Filipović, and Annie Dillard. After him are David Malouf, Gertrude Atherton, Nic Pizzolatto, James Kelman, Michael Rosen, and Kerry Kennedy.
1969 - 2015
HPI: 37.80
Rank: 5,997
1959 - 2016
HPI: 37.79
Rank: 5,998
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.79
Rank: 5,999
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.78
Rank: 6,000
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.76
Rank: 6,001
1945 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 6,002
1871 - 1938
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 6,003
1934 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 6,004
1857 - 1948
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 6,005
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.70
Rank: 6,006
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 6,007
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 6,008
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 6,009
Among people born in 1871, James Weldon Johnson ranks 156. Before him are Poul Heegaard, John Langalibalele Dube, Edmund Breese, Arthur Surridge Hunt, Jack Butler Yeats, and Henry Stephenson. After him is Newton D. Baker. Among people deceased in 1938, James Weldon Johnson ranks 192. Before him are Jacob Opdahl, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Matilda Howell, Pauline Frederick, George Lyon, and Patrick Joseph Hayes. After him is Zona Gale.
1871 - 1948
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 150
1871 - 1946
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 151
1871 - 1936
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 152
1871 - 1934
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 153
1871 - 1957
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 154
1871 - 1956
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 155
1871 - 1938
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 156
1871 - 1937
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 157
1894 - 1938
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 186
1870 - 1938
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 187
1859 - 1938
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 188
1883 - 1938
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 189
1858 - 1938
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 190
1867 - 1938
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 191
1871 - 1938
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 192
1874 - 1938
HPI: 35.07
Rank: 193
Among people born in United States, James Weldon Johnson ranks 12,193 out of 18,182. Before him are Allison Hayes (1930), Keone Young (1947), Lil Jon (1971), Annie Dillard (1945), Larry Nance (1959), and Smith Thompson (1768). After him are Willie Banks (1956), Tania Raymonde (1988), Samuel Colman (1832), Alice Evans (1971), Jeff Bergman (1960), and Chris Wood (1988).
1930 - 1977
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 12,187
1947 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 12,188
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 12,189
1945 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 12,190
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 12,191
1768 - 1843
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 12,192
1871 - 1938
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 12,193
1956 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 12,194
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 12,195
1832 - 1920
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 12,196
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 12,197
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 12,198
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 12,199
Among writers born in United States, James Weldon Johnson ranks 904. Before him are Melissa Rosenberg (1962), Emanuel Pastreich (1964), Alice Hoffman (1952), Cecily von Ziegesar (1970), Howard Gordon (1961), and Annie Dillard (1945). After him are Gertrude Atherton (1857), Nic Pizzolatto (1975), Kerry Kennedy (1959), Randall Jarrell (1914), Marge Piercy (1936), and James Patrick Kelly (1951).
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 898
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 899
1952 - Present
HPI: 37.92
Rank: 900
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 901
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.85
Rank: 902
1945 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 903
1871 - 1938
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 904
1857 - 1948
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 905
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.70
Rank: 906
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.68
Rank: 907
1914 - 1965
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 908
1936 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 909
1951 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 910