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Lucille Clifton

1936 - 2010

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Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucille Clifton has received more than 319,331 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucille Clifton is the 7,038th most popular writer (down from 6,270th in 2019), the 16,000th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,235th in 2019) and the 1,117th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lucille Clifton ranks 7,038 out of 7,302. Before her are Evgeny Morozov, Walt Dohrn, Terry Nation, Aleksandra Skochilenko, Jorge Majfud, and Carl Frode Tiller. After her are Justin Knapp, Arno Geiger, Hanne Ørstavik, Tahereh Mafi, Koenraad Elst, and Rita Dove.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Lucille Clifton ranks 594. Before her are Indu Jain, Chilla Porter, Maurice Setters, Walter D'Hondt, Martha Layne Collins, and Alcee Hastings. After her are Peter Swan, Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Satish Kumar, and Rafael Campos. Among people deceased in 2010, Lucille Clifton ranks 495. Before her are Wayne Collett, Edwin Morgan, William B. Saxbe, Ronnie Clayton, Andrew Koenig, and Antonio Pettigrew. After her are Natalia Lavrova, Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed, Andy Holmes, Elizabeth Edwards, John Murtha, and Lorenzen Wright.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lucille Clifton ranks 16,000 out of 20,380. Before her are Olene Walker (1930), Jack Sock (1992), Mary Landrieu (1955), Ehren McGhehey (1976), J. R. Smith (1985), and Heather Burns (1975). After her are Justin Knapp (1982), Paul Lockhart (1956), John Dye (1963), Martin O'Malley (1963), Regina Taylor (1960), and Mary Mouser (1996).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lucille Clifton ranks 1,117. Before her are Ruta Sepetys (1967), Becca Fitzpatrick (1979), Candace Owens (1989), George Will (1941), Geoff Johns (1973), and Walt Dohrn (1970). After her are Justin Knapp (1982), Tahereh Mafi (1988), Rita Dove (1952), Gregory Maguire (1954), Mike Reiss (1959), and James Gould Cozzens (1903).

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