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Louise Hay

1926 - 2017

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Louise Lynn Hay (October 8, 1926 – August 30, 2017) was an American motivational author, professional speaker and AIDS advocate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louise Hay has received more than 1,866,259 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Louise Hay is the 706th most popular writer (up from 710th in 2019), the 769th most popular biography from United States (up from 809th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Writer.

Louise Hay is most famous for her book You Can Heal Your Life. She is also the founder of Hay House, a publishing company.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louise Hay ranks 706 out of 7,302. Before her are Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Andrea Camilleri, Arto Paasilinna, Jack Vance, Maurice Denis, and Max Jacob. After her are Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Agathias, Oliver Sacks, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Ivan Krylov, and Nonnus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Louise Hay ranks 42. Before her are Harper Lee, Irwin Rose, Murray Rothbard, Valdas Adamkus, Mel Brooks, and Necmettin Erbakan. After her are Andrew Schally, Jack Brabham, Abdus Salam, Alcides Ghiggia, Neal Cassady, and David Attenborough. Among people deceased in 2017, Louise Hay ranks 36. Before her are Hans Georg Dehmelt, Roman Herzog, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Hiroto Muraoka, Derek Walcott, and Tzvetan Todorov. After her are Emmanuelle Riva, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Jean Rochefort, Adnan Khashoggi, Liu Xiaobo, and Malcolm Young.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louise Hay ranks 769 out of 20,380. Before her are Buddy Holly (1936), James Woods (1947), Roy Scheider (1932), Jack Vance (1916), William T. G. Morton (1819), and Michio Kaku (1947). After her are Albert Ellis (1913), Jean Harlow (1911), Charlie Sheen (1965), Greg Abbott (1957), Stan Kroenke (1947), and James E. Webb (1906).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Louise Hay ranks 74. Before her are Washington Irving (1783), Irwin Shaw (1913), H. L. Mencken (1880), Truman Capote (1924), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), and Jack Vance (1916). After her are Dalton Trumbo (1905), William Saroyan (1908), Robert E. Howard (1906), John Dos Passos (1896), Robert Ludlum (1927), and Thomas Harris (1940).

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