1930 - Today
John Simmons Barth (; born May 27, 1930) is an American writer who is best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include The Sot-Weed Factor, a whimsical retelling of Maryland's colonial history, Giles Goat-Boy, a satirical fantasy in which a university is a microcosm of the Cold War world, and Lost in the Funhouse, a self-referential and experimental collection of short stories. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Barth has received more than 559,755 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). John Barth is the 2,457th most popular writer (down from 2,189th in 2019), the 3,174th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,754th in 2019) and the 280th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, John Barth ranks 2,457 out of 5,755. Before him are Han Suyin, Terry Eagleton, Barbara von Krüdener, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ada Negri, and Uri Orlev. After him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Savitri Devi, Neil Simon, Roberto Calasso, M. Karunanidhi, and Chittaranjan Das.
1917 - 2012
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,451
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,452
1764 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,453
1860 - 1935
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,454
1870 - 1945
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 2,455
1931 - 2022
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 2,456
1930 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 2,457
1772 - 1822
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,458
1905 - 1982
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,459
1927 - 2018
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 2,460
1941 - 2021
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 2,461
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 2,462
1869 - 1925
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 2,463
Among people born in 1930, John Barth ranks 190. Before him are Jordi Pujol, Claude Bolling, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Néstor Almendros, Liliana Segre, and Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo. After him are Pyotr Bolotnikov, Richie Ginther, Gholamreza Takhti, José Águas, FM-2030, and Uladzimir Karatkievich.
1930 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 184
1930 - 2020
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 185
1930 - 1993
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 186
1930 - 1992
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 187
1930 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 188
1930 - 2004
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 189
1930 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 190
1930 - 2013
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 191
1930 - 1989
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 192
1930 - 1968
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 193
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 194
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 195
1930 - 1984
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 196
Among people born in United States, John Barth ranks 3,174 out of 18,182. Before him are Marty Friedman (1962), Julian Rotter (1916), Jackie Cooper (1922), Frank Beard (1949), Raymond Smullyan (1919), and Howard S. Becker (1928). After him are DMX (1970), Abe Vigoda (1921), Elbridge Gerry (1744), Albert Ghiorso (1915), GG Allin (1956), and Gordon Mitchell (1923).
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 3,168
1916 - 2014
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 3,169
1922 - 2011
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 3,170
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 3,171
1919 - 2017
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 3,172
1928 - 2023
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 3,173
1930 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 3,174
1970 - 2021
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 3,175
1921 - 2016
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 3,176
1744 - 1814
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 3,177
1915 - 2010
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 3,178
1956 - 1993
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 3,179
1923 - 2003
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 3,180
Among writers born in United States, John Barth ranks 280. Before him are Winston Groom (1943), Charles Berlitz (1913), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), Henry Darger (1892), Paul Goodman (1911), and Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860). After him are Neil Simon (1927), Jim Thompson (1906), Howard Fast (1914), Richard Wright (1908), John Zerzan (1943), and William Peter Blatty (1928).
1943 - 2020
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 274
1913 - 2003
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 275
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 276
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 277
1911 - 1972
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 278
1860 - 1935
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 279
1930 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 280
1927 - 2018
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 281
1906 - 1977
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 282
1914 - 2003
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 283
1908 - 1960
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 284
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 285
1928 - 2017
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 286