1890 - 1979
Jean Rhys, ( REESS; born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams; 24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was a British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she mainly resided in England, where she was sent for her education. She is best known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), written as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Rhys has received more than 888,007 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Jean Rhys is the 2,851st most popular writer (down from 2,528th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Dominica (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Dominican Writer.
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Among writers, Jean Rhys ranks 2,851 out of 5,755. Before her are Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Dritëro Agolli, Charles-Louis Philippe, Olena Teliha, Jacques Delille, and Peter Høeg. After her are Daniel Varoujan, Johan Borgen, Andrei Amalrik, Ubayd Zakani, Raffi, and Symeon of Polotsk.
1905 - 1953
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 2,845
1931 - 2017
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 2,846
1874 - 1909
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 2,847
1906 - 1942
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 2,848
1738 - 1813
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 2,849
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 2,850
1890 - 1979
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 2,851
1884 - 1915
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 2,852
1902 - 1979
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 2,853
1938 - 1980
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 2,854
1301 - 1371
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 2,855
1835 - 1888
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 2,856
1629 - 1680
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 2,857
Among people born in 1890, Jean Rhys ranks 109. Before her are Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, Fritz Busch, Johannes Vares, Rachel Bluwstein, Ahmad Kasravi, and Adolphe Menjou. After her are Elpidio Quirino, Henny Porten, Harry Hopkins, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Erik Heinrichs, and Gösta Ekman. Among people deceased in 1979, Jean Rhys ranks 107. Before her are Helmut Hasse, José Della Torre, Ita Rina, Fulton J. Sheen, Ferenc Nagy, and Ján Kadár. After her are Johan Borgen, Zhang Guotao, Preguinho, Katharine Burr Blodgett, Aleksei Kapler, and José María Velasco Ibarra.
1890 - 1967
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 103
1890 - 1951
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 104
1890 - 1946
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 105
1890 - 1931
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 106
1890 - 1946
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 107
1890 - 1963
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 108
1890 - 1979
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 109
1890 - 1956
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 110
1890 - 1960
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 111
1890 - 1946
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 112
1890 - 1979
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 113
1890 - 1965
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 114
1890 - 1938
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 115
1898 - 1979
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 101
1906 - 1979
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 102
1907 - 1979
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 103
1895 - 1979
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 104
1903 - 1979
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 105
1918 - 1979
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 106
1890 - 1979
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 107
1902 - 1979
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 108
1897 - 1979
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 109
1905 - 1979
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 110
1898 - 1979
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 111
1904 - 1979
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 112
1893 - 1979
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 113
Among people born in Dominica, Jean Rhys ranks 2 out of 9. Before her are Charles Savarin (1943). After her are Kelvin Felix (1933), Nicholas Liverpool (1934), Eugenia Charles (1919), Henry Wilcoxon (1905), Roosevelt Skerrit (1972), Eliud Williams (1948), and Patrick John (1938).
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 1
1890 - 1979
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 2
1933 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 3
1934 - 2015
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 4
1919 - 2005
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 5
1905 - 1984
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 6
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.33
Rank: 8
1938 - 2021
HPI: 35.60
Rank: 9
Among writers born in Dominica, Jean Rhys ranks 1.