1922 - 2007
Kurt Vonnegut ( VON-ə-gət; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer and humorist known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works; further collections have been published after his death. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Vonnegut attended Cornell University but withdrew in January 1943 and enlisted in the US Army. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Vonnegut has received more than 9,769,485 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Kurt Vonnegut is the 491st most popular writer (down from 433rd in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from United States (down from 422nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Writer.
Kurt Vonnegut is most famous for his novels Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle.
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Among writers, Kurt Vonnegut ranks 491 out of 5,755. Before him are Robert A. Heinlein, Gaston Leroux, Imadaddin Nasimi, Alfred de Musset, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, and Robert Burns. After him are Milena Jesenská, Robert Walser, Charles, Duke of Orléans, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, John le Carré, and Nadine Gordimer.
1907 - 1988
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 485
1868 - 1927
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 486
1369 - 1417
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 487
1810 - 1857
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 488
1888 - 1964
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 489
1759 - 1796
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 490
1922 - 2007
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 491
1896 - 1944
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 492
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 493
1394 - 1465
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 494
1896 - 1957
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 495
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 496
1923 - 2014
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 497
Among people born in 1922, Kurt Vonnegut ranks 22. Before him are Jack Kerouac, Emil Zátopek, Christiaan Barnard, Gérard Philipe, Imre Lakatos, and Aage Bohr. After him are Iannis Xenakis, Betty White, Hans Georg Dehmelt, Otto Carius, Vittorio Gassman, and Doris Day. Among people deceased in 2007, Kurt Vonnegut ranks 14. Before him are Kurt Waldheim, Carlo Ponti, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ève Curie, Paul Tibbets, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. After him are Albert Ellis, Sidney Sheldon, Maurice Béjart, Benazir Bhutto, Deborah Kerr, and Jean-Pierre Cassel.
1922 - 1969
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 16
1922 - 2000
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 17
1922 - 2001
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 18
1922 - 1959
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 19
1922 - 1974
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 20
1922 - 2009
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 21
1922 - 2007
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 22
1922 - 2001
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 23
1922 - 2021
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 24
1922 - 2017
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 25
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 26
1922 - 2000
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 27
1922 - 2019
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 28
1918 - 2007
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 8
1912 - 2007
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 9
1927 - 2007
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 10
1904 - 2007
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 11
1915 - 2007
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 12
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 13
1922 - 2007
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 14
1913 - 2007
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 15
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 16
1927 - 2007
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 17
1953 - 2007
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 18
1921 - 2007
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 19
1932 - 2007
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 20
Among people born in United States, Kurt Vonnegut ranks 495 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Prince (1958), Crazy Horse (1840), Warren Beatty (1937), Ronald Wayne (1934), and Lou Reed (1942). After him are John Huston (1906), Liza Minnelli (1946), Richard Widmark (1914), Owen Chamberlain (1920), Jeffrey Epstein (1953), and Harriet Tubman (1820).
1907 - 1988
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 489
1958 - 2016
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 490
1840 - 1877
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 491
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 492
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 493
1942 - 2013
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 494
1922 - 2007
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 495
1906 - 1987
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 496
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 497
1914 - 2008
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 498
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 499
1953 - 2019
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 500
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 501
Among writers born in United States, Kurt Vonnegut ranks 53. Before him are Tennessee Williams (1911), Richard Bach (1936), William S. Burroughs (1914), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), Ellen G. White (1827), and Robert A. Heinlein (1907). After him are Allen Ginsberg (1926), George R. R. Martin (1948), Harper Lee (1926), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Sidney Sheldon (1917), and T. S. Eliot (1888).
1911 - 1983
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 47
1936 - Present
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 48
1914 - 1997
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 49
1804 - 1864
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 50
1827 - 1915
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 51
1907 - 1988
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 52
1922 - 2007
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 53
1926 - 1997
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 54
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 55
1926 - 2016
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 56
1811 - 1896
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 57
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 58
1888 - 1965
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 59