1937 - 1969
John Kennedy Toole (; December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981; he also wrote The Neon Bible. Although several people in the literary world felt his writing skills were praiseworthy, Toole's novels were rejected during his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Kennedy Toole has received more than 1,107,187 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). John Kennedy Toole is the 2,260th most popular writer (down from 1,879th in 2019), the 2,916th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,358th in 2019) and the 257th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, John Kennedy Toole ranks 2,260 out of 5,755. Before him are John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Andrei Voznesensky, Gaston Paris, Vsevolod Garshin, and Rómulo Gallegos. After him are Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Phan Bội Châu, Jean Raspail, Elisabeth of Schönau, Paschasius Radbertus, and Rebecca West.
1647 - 1680
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 2,254
1682 - 1749
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 2,255
1933 - 2010
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,256
1839 - 1903
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,257
1855 - 1888
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,258
1884 - 1969
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,259
1937 - 1969
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,260
1825 - 1898
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,261
1867 - 1940
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,262
1925 - 2020
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,263
1129 - 1164
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,264
792 - 865
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,265
1892 - 1983
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,266
Among people born in 1937, John Kennedy Toole ranks 148. Before him are Trini Lopez, Félix Miélli Venerando, Monica Zetterlund, Luciana Paluzzi, Gundula Janowitz, and John Phillip Law. After him are Baden Powell, Alberto Spencer, Mintimer Shaimiev, Eduard Uspensky, Ratan Tata, and Eduard Streltsov. Among people deceased in 1969, John Kennedy Toole ranks 82. Before him are Coleman Hawkins, Carlos Marighella, Peter van Eyck, Max Weinreich, Josef Blösche, and Rómulo Gallegos. After him are Constantin Ion Parhon, Eduardo Mondlane, Ivar Ballangrud, Willy Mairesse, Aleksandras Stulginskis, and André Salmon.
1937 - 2020
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 142
1937 - 2012
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 143
1937 - 2005
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 144
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 145
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 146
1937 - 2008
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 147
1937 - 1969
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 148
1937 - 2000
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 149
1937 - 2006
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 150
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 151
1937 - 2018
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 152
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 153
1937 - 1990
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 154
1904 - 1969
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 76
1911 - 1969
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 77
1911 - 1969
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 78
1894 - 1969
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 79
1912 - 1969
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 80
1884 - 1969
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 81
1937 - 1969
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 82
1874 - 1969
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 83
1920 - 1969
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 84
1904 - 1969
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 85
1928 - 1969
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 86
1885 - 1969
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 87
1881 - 1969
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 88
Among people born in United States, John Kennedy Toole ranks 2,916 out of 18,182. Before him are Betty Davis (1945), William E. Moerner (1953), Jane Alexander (1939), Jackie Jackson (1951), George Mikan (1924), and Melissa McBride (1965). After him are Robert Garrett (1875), Nichelle Nichols (1932), Frank Stallone (1950), George Huntington (1850), Clarence Brown (1890), and Judith Resnik (1949).
1945 - 2022
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 2,910
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,911
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,912
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,913
1924 - 2005
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,914
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,915
1937 - 1969
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,916
1875 - 1961
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,917
1932 - 2022
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,918
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,919
1850 - 1916
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,920
1890 - 1987
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,921
1949 - 1986
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,922
Among writers born in United States, John Kennedy Toole ranks 257. Before him are Theodore Sturgeon (1918), John Edward Williams (1922), Morgan Robertson (1861), Ben Hecht (1893), Margaret Fuller (1810), and Richard Ford (1944). After him are Audre Lorde (1934), Terence McKenna (1946), Jonathan Franzen (1959), S. S. Van Dine (1888), Terry Goodkind (1948), and Neil Postman (1931).
1918 - 1985
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 251
1922 - 1994
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 252
1861 - 1915
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 253
1893 - 1964
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 254
1810 - 1850
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 255
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 256
1937 - 1969
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 257
1934 - 1992
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 258
1946 - 2000
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 259
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 260
1888 - 1939
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 261
1948 - 2020
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 262
1931 - 2003
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 263