1881 - 1972
Louella Rose Oettinger, (August 6, 1881 – December 9, 1972) known professionally as Louella Parsons, was an American gossip columnist and a screenwriter. At her peak, her columns were read by 20 million people in 700 newspapers worldwide. She was the first writer of a dedicated column on motion pictures in the United States, writing one in 1914 for the Chicago Record-Herald. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louella Parsons has received more than 909,547 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Louella Parsons is the 5,018th most popular writer (down from 4,490th in 2019), the 7,456th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,631st in 2019) and the 607th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Louella Parsons ranks 5,018 out of 5,755. Before her are Ariel Durant, David S. Goyer, Ulrich Plenzdorf, Louis L'Amour, Margita Figuli, and Juan Zorrilla de San Martín. After her are Manuel Antônio de Almeida, Lőrinc Szabó, Idea Vilariño, Matthew Henry, Zofka Kveder, and You Xie.
1898 - 1981
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 5,012
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 5,013
1934 - 2007
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 5,014
1908 - 1988
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 5,015
1909 - 1995
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 5,016
1855 - 1931
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 5,017
1881 - 1972
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 5,018
1831 - 1861
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 5,019
1900 - 1957
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 5,020
1920 - 2009
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 5,021
1662 - 1714
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 5,022
1878 - 1926
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 5,023
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 5,024
Among people born in 1881, Louella Parsons ranks 166. Before her are Eulalio Gutiérrez, Clive Bell, Abram Deborin, Huseyn Arablinski, Patrick Ryan, and John Svanberg. After her are Gunnar Setterwall, Yngvar Bryn, Henryk Grossman, Martin Sheridan, Désiré Beaurain, and Alexandre Lippmann. Among people deceased in 1972, Louella Parsons ranks 189. Before her are Martim Mércio da Silveira, Carlos Cillóniz, Rainer von Fieandt, John Grierson, Pandurang Vaman Kane, and Marilyn Maxwell. After her are Isak Abrahamsen, Armandinho, Andreas Cervin, Wesley Ruggles, Juan Manuel Gálvez, and Frank Tashlin.
1881 - 1939
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 160
1881 - 1964
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 161
1881 - 1963
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 162
1881 - 1919
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 163
1881 - 1964
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 164
1881 - 1957
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 165
1881 - 1972
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 166
1881 - 1928
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 167
1881 - 1947
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 168
1881 - 1950
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 169
1881 - 1918
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 170
1881 - 1963
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 171
1881 - 1960
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 172
1911 - 1972
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 183
1910 - 1972
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 184
1890 - 1972
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 185
1898 - 1972
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 186
1880 - 1972
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 187
1921 - 1972
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 188
1881 - 1972
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 189
1891 - 1972
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 190
1911 - 1972
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 191
1888 - 1972
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 192
1889 - 1972
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 193
1887 - 1972
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 194
1913 - 1972
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 195
Among people born in United States, Louella Parsons ranks 7,456 out of 18,182. Before her are Joan Hackett (1934), Stan Brakhage (1933), Jane Curtin (1947), Vic Damone (1928), Chris Owen (1980), and Stephen P. Synnott (1946). After her are Bella Hadid (1996), Liz Torres (1947), William J. Casey (1913), Kelly Rowland (1981), Big John Studd (1948), and Emile Hirsch (1985).
1934 - 1983
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,450
1933 - 2003
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,451
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,452
1928 - 2018
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,453
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,454
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,455
1881 - 1972
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,456
1996 - Present
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 7,457
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 7,458
1913 - 1987
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 7,459
1981 - Present
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 7,460
1948 - 1995
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 7,461
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 7,462
Among writers born in United States, Louella Parsons ranks 607. Before her are John Logan (1961), Fred Saberhagen (1930), Louis Sachar (1954), Marilyn Ferguson (1938), David S. Goyer (1965), and Louis L'Amour (1908). After her are Amy Lowell (1874), Michael Herr (1940), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Kate Wilhelm (1928), and Gwendolyn Brooks (1917).
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 601
1930 - 2007
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 602
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 603
1938 - 2008
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 604
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 605
1908 - 1988
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 606
1881 - 1972
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 607
1874 - 1925
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 608
1940 - 2016
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 609
1836 - 1907
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 610
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 611
1928 - 2018
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 612
1917 - 2000
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 613