1915 - 1978
Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 24, 1978) was an American science fiction writer known as "the Queen of Space Opera." She was also a screenwriter, known for The Big Sleep (1946), Rio Bravo (1959), and The Long Goodbye (1973). She worked on an early draft of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), elements of which remained in the film; she died before it went into production. In 1956, her book The Long Tomorrow made her the first woman ever shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, and, along with C. L. Moore, one of the first two women ever nominated for a Hugo Award. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leigh Brackett has received more than 709,684 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Leigh Brackett is the 3,906th most popular writer (down from 3,859th in 2019), the 5,262nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,237th in 2019) and the 438th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Leigh Brackett ranks 3,906 out of 5,755. Before her are Ferdinand Freiligrath, Mahadev Desai, Francisco Balagtas, Thaddeus Bulgarin, Johann Most, and Paavo Haavikko. After her are Ma Duanlin, Palaephatus, Peter Andreas Heiberg, Taylor Caldwell, Katherine Paterson, and Deon Meyer.
1810 - 1876
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 3,900
1892 - 1942
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 3,901
1788 - 1862
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 3,902
1789 - 1859
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 3,903
1846 - 1906
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 3,904
1931 - 2008
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 3,905
1915 - 1978
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 3,906
1245 - 1322
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 3,907
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 3,908
1758 - 1841
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 3,909
1900 - 1985
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 3,910
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 3,911
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 3,912
Among people born in 1915, Leigh Brackett ranks 160. Before her are Kurt Aland, Gozo Shioda, Amedeo Biavati, Derek Prince, Regina Ghazaryan, and Alan Lomax. After her are Robert Motherwell, Hasse Ekman, Ferenc Sas, Fuad Abdurahmanov, Ann Sheridan, and Boris Paichadze. Among people deceased in 1978, Leigh Brackett ranks 145. Before her are Jerzy Kuryłowicz, Robert Menzies, Jean Nicolas, Luo Ruiqing, Costante Girardengo, and Eric Frank Russell. After her are Gotthard Handrick, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Theo Lingen, Jack Oakie, Mario Varglien, and Gene Tunney.
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 154
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 155
1915 - 1979
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 156
1915 - 2003
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 157
1915 - 1999
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 158
1915 - 2002
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 159
1915 - 1978
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 160
1915 - 1991
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 161
1915 - 2004
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 162
1915 - 1988
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 163
1915 - 1971
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 164
1915 - 1967
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 165
1915 - 1990
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 166
1895 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 139
1894 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 140
1913 - 1978
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 141
1906 - 1978
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 142
1893 - 1978
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 143
1905 - 1978
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 144
1915 - 1978
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 145
1908 - 1978
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 146
1902 - 1978
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 147
1903 - 1978
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 148
1903 - 1978
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 149
1905 - 1978
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 150
1897 - 1978
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 151
Among people born in United States, Leigh Brackett ranks 5,262 out of 18,182. Before her are Kathryn Adams (1893), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), Carmen McRae (1922), Michael Eisner (1942), Ted Post (1918), and Barry Dennen (1938). After her are Zach Braff (1975), Ed Helms (1974), Rosario Dawson (1979), Savanna Samson (1967), Jim Courier (1970), and Mike Wallace (1918).
1893 - 1959
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 5,256
1852 - 1911
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 5,257
1922 - 1994
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 5,258
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 5,259
1918 - 2013
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 5,260
1938 - 2017
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 5,261
1915 - 1978
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 5,262
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 5,263
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 5,264
1979 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 5,265
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 5,266
1970 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 5,267
1918 - 2012
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 5,268
Among writers born in United States, Leigh Brackett ranks 438. Before her are Peter Straub (1943), Paula Fox (1923), Nathanael West (1903), T. C. Boyle (1948), Ida B. Wells (1862), and Mona Simpson (1957). After her are Mike Resnick (1942), Gordon Willis (1931), Edna Ferber (1885), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Shel Silverstein (1930), and Camille Paglia (1947).
1943 - 2022
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 432
1923 - 2017
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 433
1903 - 1940
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 434
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 435
1862 - 1931
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 436
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 437
1915 - 1978
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 438
1942 - 2020
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 439
1931 - 2014
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 440
1885 - 1968
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 441
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 442
1930 - 1999
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 443
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 444