1902 - 1967
James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the Negro was in vogue", which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue."Growing up in a series of Midwestern towns, Hughes became a prolific writer at an early age. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Langston Hughes has received more than 6,726,862 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Langston Hughes is the 1,680th most popular writer (up from 1,771st in 2019), the 2,195th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,217th in 2019) and the 200th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Langston Hughes ranks 1,680 out of 5,755. Before him are Liu Cixin, Maria Gripe, Acusilaus, Alexander Polyhistor, Marin Držić, and Camilla Läckberg. After him are Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Edmond François Valentin About, José de Espronceda, Ibn al-Khatib, Dominique Venner, and Juan Goytisolo.
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,674
1923 - 2007
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1,675
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1,676
100 BC - 75 BC
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,677
1508 - 1567
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 1,678
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,679
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,680
1925 - 2006
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,681
1828 - 1885
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,682
1808 - 1842
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,683
1313 - 1374
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,684
1935 - 2013
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,685
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,686
Among people born in 1902, Langston Hughes ranks 82. Before him are Norma Shearer, Ralph Richardson, Maurice Duruflé, Alfredo Binda, Christian de Castries, and Gianpiero Combi. After him are Richard Rodgers, Albert Bormann, Lyubov Orlova, Bruno Streckenbach, Toyen, and Léon M'ba. Among people deceased in 1967, Langston Hughes ranks 76. Before him are Basil Rathbone, George Kelly, Marcel Aymé, Walter A. Shewhart, Stanisław Sosabowski, and Walter Weiß. After him are Léon M'ba, Joseph Boxhall, Martine Carol, Abdel Hakim Amer, David Burliuk, and Hans Ledwinka.
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 76
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 77
1902 - 1986
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 78
1902 - 1986
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 79
1902 - 1991
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 80
1902 - 1956
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 81
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 82
1902 - 1979
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 83
1902 - 1989
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 84
1902 - 1975
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 85
1902 - 1977
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 86
1902 - 1980
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 87
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 88
1892 - 1967
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 70
1905 - 1967
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 71
1902 - 1967
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 72
1891 - 1967
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 73
1892 - 1967
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 74
1890 - 1967
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 75
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 76
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 77
1884 - 1967
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 78
1920 - 1967
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 79
1919 - 1967
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 80
1882 - 1967
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 81
1878 - 1967
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 82
Among people born in United States, Langston Hughes ranks 2,195 out of 18,182. Before him are King C. Gillette (1855), Moondog (1916), The Undertaker (1965), Edward Zwick (1952), Victor Mature (1913), and Karl Malone (1963). After him are Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Richard Rodgers (1902), Edward Witten (1951), Samuel Fuller (1912), Charles Whitman (1941), and David Baltimore (1938).
1855 - 1932
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 2,189
1916 - 1999
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 2,190
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 2,191
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 2,192
1913 - 1999
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 2,193
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 2,194
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 2,195
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 2,196
1902 - 1979
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 2,197
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 2,198
1912 - 1997
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 2,199
1941 - 1966
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 2,200
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 2,201
Among writers born in United States, Langston Hughes ranks 200. Before him are Jane Jacobs (1916), Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), Eric Carle (1929), Terry Brooks (1944), E. E. Cummings (1894), and Richard Brautigan (1935). After him are Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Frank McCourt (1930), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), E. Howard Hunt (1918), and Patricia Cornwell (1956).
1916 - 2006
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 194
1854 - 1921
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 195
1929 - 2021
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 196
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 197
1894 - 1962
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 198
1935 - 1984
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 199
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 200
1866 - 1912
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 201
1893 - 1961
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 202
1930 - 2009
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 203
1919 - 2021
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 204
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 205
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 206