1930 - 1965
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best-known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, highlights the lives of black Americans in Chicago living under racial segregation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lorraine Hansberry has received more than 2,154,895 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Lorraine Hansberry is the 5,707th most popular writer (down from 4,677th in 2019), the 10,355th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,180th in 2019) and the 781st most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Lorraine Hansberry ranks 5,707 out of 5,755. Before her are Sheila Jeffreys, Andrzej Stasiuk, David Diop, Sándor Csoóri, Penelope Lively, and Crane Wilbur. After her are Edith Hamilton, James Truslow Adams, John Scalzi, Dorothy Richardson, Didier Van Cauwelaert, and Vigdis Hjorth.
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 5,701
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 5,702
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 5,703
1930 - 2016
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 5,704
1933 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 5,705
1886 - 1973
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 5,706
1930 - 1965
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 5,707
1867 - 1963
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 5,708
1878 - 1949
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 5,709
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 5,710
1873 - 1957
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 5,711
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.85
Rank: 5,712
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 5,713
Among people born in 1930, Lorraine Hansberry ranks 512. Before her are Rolf Harris, Suzanne Morrow Francis, Yuri Krylov, Patricia Jones, Sándor Csoóri, and Joan Sims. After her are Mike Gravel, Maureen Forrester, Tommy Kono, Wendy Beckett, Marie Senghor Basse, and Frank Perry. Among people deceased in 1965, Lorraine Hansberry ranks 202. Before her are Luigi Maiocco, Herbert Morrison, Alfred Lane, Robert Sjursen, Ray Collins, and Heinrich Schomburgk. After her are Geeta Bali, Bessie Barriscale, Herb Drury, Irving Bacon, Zachary Scott, and Randall Jarrell.
1930 - 2023
HPI: 41.09
Rank: 506
1930 - 2006
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 507
1930 - 1979
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 508
1930 - 2000
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 509
1930 - 2016
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 510
1930 - 2001
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 511
1930 - 1965
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 512
1930 - 2021
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 513
1930 - 2010
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 514
1930 - 2016
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 515
1930 - 2018
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 516
1930 - 2019
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 517
1930 - 1995
HPI: 40.61
Rank: 518
1892 - 1965
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 196
1888 - 1965
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 197
1891 - 1965
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 198
1891 - 1965
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 199
1889 - 1965
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 200
1885 - 1965
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 201
1930 - 1965
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 202
1930 - 1965
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 203
1884 - 1965
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 204
1896 - 1965
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 205
1893 - 1965
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 206
1914 - 1965
HPI: 37.89
Rank: 207
1914 - 1965
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 208
Among people born in United States, Lorraine Hansberry ranks 10,355 out of 18,182. Before her are Angela Jones (1968), Ralph Sampson (1960), Adam Jones (1965), Michael Aschbacher (1944), Paul Buchheit (1977), and Theo Rossi (1975). After her are Bayard Rustin (1912), Edwin Lord Weeks (1849), James Truslow Adams (1878), Willa Holland (1991), Julia Jones (1981), and Marcia Neugebauer (1932).
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 10,349
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 10,350
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 10,351
1944 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 10,352
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 10,353
1975 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 10,354
1930 - 1965
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 10,355
1912 - 1987
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 10,356
1849 - 1903
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 10,357
1878 - 1949
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 10,358
1991 - Present
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 10,359
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 10,360
1932 - Present
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 10,361
Among writers born in United States, Lorraine Hansberry ranks 781. Before her are Tim Kring (1957), Richelle Mead (1976), Carol Shields (1935), Tracy Hickman (1955), Michael McClure (1932), and Crane Wilbur (1886). After her are James Truslow Adams (1878), John Scalzi (1969), Charles Eastman (1858), Nicole Krauss (1974), Charles Olson (1910), and Joan D. Vinge (1948).
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 775
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 776
1935 - 2003
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 777
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 778
1932 - 2020
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 779
1886 - 1973
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 780
1930 - 1965
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 781
1878 - 1949
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 782
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 783
1858 - 1939
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 784
1974 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 785
1910 - 1970
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 786
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 787