1919 - Today
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. The author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), which has been translated into nine languages and sold over a million copies. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lawrence Ferlinghetti has received more than 913,001 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Lawrence Ferlinghetti is the 2,325th most popular writer (down from 1,664th in 2019), the 2,930th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,922nd in 2019) and the 276th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Lawrence Ferlinghetti ranks 2,325 out of 5,794. Before him are Samuel Smiles, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, Tobias Smollett, Juan Ruiz, Pherecydes of Leros, and Princess Michael of Kent. After him are Matthias Claudius, Jovan Dučić, Théophile de Viau, Emma Orczy, Josef Lada, and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää.
1812 - 1904
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 2,319
1869 - 1932
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 2,320
1721 - 1771
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 2,321
1283 - 1350
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,322
480 BC - 439 BC
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,323
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,324
1919 - Present
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 2,325
1740 - 1815
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 2,326
1871 - 1943
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 2,327
1590 - 1626
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 2,328
1865 - 1947
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 2,329
1887 - 1957
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 2,330
1943 - 2001
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 2,331
Among people born in 1919, Lawrence Ferlinghetti ranks 100. Before him are Edoardo Mangiarotti, Mitja Ribičič, Pierre Soulages, Ginette Neveu, Hau Pei-tsun, and Janko Bobetko. After him are Morteza Motahhari, Isaac Boleslavsky, Toni Turek, Hermann Bondi, Anatoly Dobrynin, and Tatyana Baramzina.
1919 - 2012
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 94
1919 - 2013
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 95
1919 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 96
1919 - 1949
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 97
1919 - 2020
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 98
1919 - 2003
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 99
1919 - Present
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 100
1919 - 1979
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 101
1919 - 1977
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 102
1919 - 1984
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 103
1919 - 2005
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 104
1919 - 2010
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 105
1919 - 1944
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 106
Among people born in United States, Lawrence Ferlinghetti ranks 2,930 out of 15,968. Before him are Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), Charles Napier (1936), Ellen Church (1904), Scott Carpenter (1925), Divine (1945), and Don McLean (1945). After him are Stefanie Powers (1942), Louis Prima (1910), Evel Knievel (1938), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Erika Eleniak (1969), and Jedediah Smith (1799).
1922 - 2006
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,924
1936 - 2011
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,925
1904 - 1965
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,926
1925 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,927
1945 - 1988
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,928
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,929
1919 - Present
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 2,930
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 2,931
1910 - 1978
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 2,932
1938 - 2007
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 2,933
1932 - 2009
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 2,934
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 2,935
1799 - 1831
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 2,936
Among writers born in United States, Lawrence Ferlinghetti ranks 276. Before him are S. S. Van Dine (1888), Terry Goodkind (1948), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Harlan Coben (1962), Stephenie Meyer (1973), and Elmore Leonard (1925). After him are E. L. Doctorow (1931), Jacques Futrelle (1875), John Cheever (1912), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Flannery O'Connor (1925), and Alexandra Ripley (1934).
1888 - 1939
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 270
1948 - 2020
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 271
1868 - 1950
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 272
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 273
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 274
1925 - 2013
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 275
1919 - Present
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 276
1931 - 2015
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 277
1875 - 1912
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 278
1912 - 1982
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 279
1822 - 1847
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 280
1925 - 1964
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 281
1934 - 2004
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 282