1905 - 1970
John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 – April 11, 1970) was one of America's most prolific writers of short stories, credited with helping to invent The New Yorker magazine short story style. He became a best-selling novelist before the age of 30 with Appointment in Samarra and BUtterfield 8. While O'Hara's legacy as a writer is debated, his work was praised by such contemporaries as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and his champions rank him highly among the major under-appreciated American writers of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John O'Hara has received more than 495,662 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). John O'Hara is the 4,588th most popular writer (down from 4,002nd in 2019), the 6,536th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,509th in 2019) and the 524th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, John O'Hara ranks 4,588 out of 5,755. Before him are Yordan Yovkov, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Juan de Mena, Iakob Tsurtaveli, Chester Himes, and Dante Spinotti. After him are Alexander Abusch, Nikolai Klyuev, William of Poitiers, James E. Gunn, Jaroslav Pelikan, and W. S. Gilbert.
1880 - 1937
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 4,582
1680 - 1747
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 4,583
1411 - 1456
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 4,584
500 - Present
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 4,585
1909 - 1984
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 4,586
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 4,587
1905 - 1970
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 4,588
1902 - 1982
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 4,589
1884 - 1937
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 4,590
1020 - 1090
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 4,591
1923 - 2020
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 4,592
1923 - 2006
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 4,593
1836 - 1911
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 4,594
Among people born in 1905, John O'Hara ranks 244. Before him are John Lyng, Albert W. Tucker, Floyd Gottfredson, Franco Albini, Vicente Trueba, and Albrecht Unsöld. After him are Leopold Hofmann, Emerich Vogl, Stanisław Mazur, Philip Ahn, La Jana, and Erico Verissimo. Among people deceased in 1970, John O'Hara ranks 183. Before him are Alice Hamilton, Dora Boothby, Christopher Kelk Ingold, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, Vano Muradeli, and Andrejs Upīts. After him are István Kozma, Fritz von Unruh, Lee Barnes, Helene Madison, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, and Ludovico Bidoglio.
1905 - 1978
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 238
1905 - 1995
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 239
1905 - 1986
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 240
1905 - 1977
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 241
1905 - 1986
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 242
1905 - 1995
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 243
1905 - 1970
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 244
1905 - 1976
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 245
1905 - 1971
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 246
1905 - 1981
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 247
1905 - 1978
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 248
1905 - 1940
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 249
1905 - 1975
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 250
1869 - 1970
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 177
1881 - 1970
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 178
1893 - 1970
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 179
1900 - 1970
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 180
1908 - 1970
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 181
1877 - 1970
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 182
1905 - 1970
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 183
1939 - 1970
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 184
1885 - 1970
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 185
1906 - 1970
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 186
1913 - 1970
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 187
1891 - 1970
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 188
1900 - 1970
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 189
Among people born in United States, John O'Hara ranks 6,536 out of 18,182. Before him are Susan Howard (1944), Pete Ricketts (1964), Ann Dowd (1956), Anya Taylor-Joy (1996), Glenne Headly (1955), and Richard Kind (1956). After him are Kenny Drew (1928), Edward Ruscha (1937), Gladys West (1930), Richard Bass (1929), John Hammond (1910), and Brian Setzer (1959).
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 6,530
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 6,531
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 6,532
1996 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 6,533
1955 - 2017
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 6,534
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 6,535
1905 - 1970
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 6,536
1928 - 1993
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,537
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,538
1930 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,539
1929 - 2015
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,540
1910 - 1987
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,541
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 6,542
Among writers born in United States, John O'Hara ranks 524. Before him are Melissa Mathison (1950), Arthur Golden (1956), Timothy Zahn (1951), Richard Powers (1957), David Weber (1952), and Chester Himes (1909). After him are James E. Gunn (1923), Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), Eudora Welty (1909), Frank Norris (1870), Judith Krantz (1928), and Julie Garwood (1946).
1950 - 2015
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 518
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 519
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 520
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 521
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 522
1909 - 1984
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 523
1905 - 1970
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 524
1923 - 2020
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 525
1923 - 2006
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 526
1909 - 2001
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 527
1870 - 1902
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 528
1928 - 2019
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 529
1946 - 2023
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 530