1935 - 2001
Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Kesey was born in La Junta, Colorado, and grew up in Springfield, Oregon, graduating from the University of Oregon in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Kesey has received more than 2,632,666 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Ken Kesey is the 1,130th most popular writer (down from 1,075th in 2019), the 1,367th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,223rd in 2019) and the 137th most popular American Writer.
Ken Kesey is most famous for being the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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Among writers, Ken Kesey ranks 1,130 out of 5,755. Before him are Joan Fuster, Gaius Asinius Pollio, Assia Djebar, James Bond, Hrotsvitha, and Lobsang Rampa. After him are Eiji Yoshikawa, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Joachim du Bellay, Rigas Feraios, Polyaenus, and Rex Stout.
1922 - 1992
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 1,124
76 BC - 4
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 1,125
1936 - 2015
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 1,126
1900 - 1989
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 1,127
935 - 1002
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 1,128
1910 - 1981
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 1,129
1935 - 2001
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,130
1892 - 1962
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 1,131
1858 - 1915
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,132
1522 - 1560
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,133
1757 - 1798
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 1,134
101 - 180
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 1,135
1886 - 1975
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 1,136
Among people born in 1935, Ken Kesey ranks 53. Before him are Masahito, Prince Hitachi, Ei-ichi Negishi, Ernesto Laclau, Harrison Schmitt, Artur Rasizade, and Abdou Diouf. After him are Lorenzo Bandini, Toni Sailer, Pranab Mukherjee, Pepe, Richard Kuklinski, and Gnassingbé Eyadéma. Among people deceased in 2001, Ken Kesey ranks 42. Before him are Stanley Kramer, Chung Ju-yung, Jacques Mayol, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Timothy McVeigh, and Isaac Stern. After him are Henry Lee Lucas, Giovanni Leone, Emilie Schindler, Edward Gierek, Francisco da Costa Gomes, and Poul Anderson.
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 47
1935 - 2021
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 48
1935 - 2014
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 49
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 50
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 51
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 52
1935 - 2001
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 53
1935 - 1967
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 54
1935 - 2009
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 55
1935 - 2020
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 56
1935 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 57
1935 - 2006
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 58
1935 - 2005
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 59
1913 - 2001
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 36
1915 - 2001
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 37
1927 - 2001
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 38
1914 - 2001
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 39
1968 - 2001
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 40
1920 - 2001
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 41
1935 - 2001
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 42
1936 - 2001
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 43
1908 - 2001
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 44
1907 - 2001
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 45
1913 - 2001
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 46
1914 - 2001
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 47
1926 - 2001
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 48
Among people born in United States, Ken Kesey ranks 1,367 out of 18,182. Before him are Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), Jack Elam (1920), John Heard (1946), Anthony Fauci (1940), Ben Gazzara (1930), and George Armitage Miller (1920). After him are Joshua Lederberg (1925), Iris Apfel (1921), William Fichtner (1956), Percy Spencer (1894), Hamilton O. Smith (1931), and Bernard Baruch (1870).
1928 - 1997
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 1,361
1920 - 2003
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 1,362
1946 - 2017
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 1,363
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 1,364
1930 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,365
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,366
1935 - 2001
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,367
1925 - 2008
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 1,368
1921 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 1,369
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,370
1894 - 1970
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,371
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,372
1870 - 1965
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 1,373
Among writers born in United States, Ken Kesey ranks 137. Before him are Edith Wharton (1862), Nora Roberts (1950), Harry Harrison (1925), Virginia Henderson (1897), Michael Connelly (1956), and James Bond (1900). After him are Rex Stout (1886), Jean M. Auel (1936), Robert Wilson (1941), Danielle Steel (1947), Robert Jordan (1948), and Marilyn vos Savant (1946).
1862 - 1937
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 131
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 132
1925 - 2012
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 133
1897 - 1996
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 134
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 135
1900 - 1989
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 136
1935 - 2001
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 137
1886 - 1975
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 138
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 139
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 140
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 141
1948 - 2007
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 142
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 143