1888 - 1959
James Maxwell Anderson (December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maxwell Anderson has received more than 203,362 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Maxwell Anderson is the 3,539th most popular writer (down from 3,453rd in 2019), the 4,727th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,417th in 2019) and the 403rd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Maxwell Anderson ranks 3,539 out of 5,794. Before him are Apion, Ivanka Trump, Erri De Luca, José Cadalso, Sigbjørn Obstfelder, and Olaf Bull. After him are Jacob of Edessa, Yusuf Idris, Bernard Pivot, Nossis, Radclyffe Hall, and Elena Văcărescu.
30 BC - 45
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 3,533
1981 - Present
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 3,534
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 3,535
1741 - 1782
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 3,536
1866 - 1900
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 3,537
1883 - 1933
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 3,538
1888 - 1959
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 3,539
633 - 708
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 3,540
1927 - 1991
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 3,541
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 3,542
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 3,543
1880 - 1943
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 3,544
1864 - 1947
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 3,545
Among people born in 1888, Maxwell Anderson ranks 132. Before him are Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Ralph Hartley, Dan Andersson, Barry Fitzgerald, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, and Elisabeth Schumann. After him are Sophus Nielsen, Frances Marion, Anna Q. Nilsson, Marcel Jouhandeau, Alexander Chayanov, and Franciszek Kleeberg. Among people deceased in 1959, Maxwell Anderson ranks 108. Before him are Lou Costello, Ernst Fast, William J. Donovan, Maxie Long, Max O. Lorenz, and Fernand Bouisson. After him are Paul Rivet, Galaktion Tabidze, George Albert Smith, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Heleno de Freitas, and Albert Namatjira.
1888 - 1913
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 126
1888 - 1970
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 127
1888 - 1920
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 128
1888 - 1961
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 129
1888 - 1981
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 130
1888 - 1952
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 131
1888 - 1959
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 132
1888 - 1963
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 133
1888 - 1973
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 134
1888 - 1974
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 135
1888 - 1979
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 136
1888 - 1937
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 137
1888 - 1941
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 138
1906 - 1959
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 102
1881 - 1959
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 103
1883 - 1959
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 104
1878 - 1959
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 105
1876 - 1959
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 106
1874 - 1959
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 107
1888 - 1959
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 108
1876 - 1959
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 109
1891 - 1959
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 110
1864 - 1959
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 111
1880 - 1959
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 112
1920 - 1959
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 113
1902 - 1959
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 114
Among people born in United States, Maxwell Anderson ranks 4,727 out of 15,968. Before him are Bradford Dillman (1930), Eddie Slovik (1920), Ivanka Trump (1981), Francis Lane (1874), Elizabeth Mitchell (1970), and Ruth St. Denis (1879). After him are Mary Elizabeth Winstead (1984), Eric Heiden (1958), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), Edwin Moses (1955), Van Johnson (1916), and Jean Bartik (1924).
1930 - 2018
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 4,721
1920 - 1945
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 4,722
1981 - Present
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 4,723
1874 - 1927
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 4,724
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 4,725
1879 - 1968
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 4,726
1888 - 1959
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 4,727
1984 - Present
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 4,728
1958 - Present
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 4,729
1860 - 1914
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 4,730
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 4,731
1916 - 2008
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 4,732
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 4,733
Among writers born in United States, Maxwell Anderson ranks 403. Before him are Shere Hite (1942), Varian Fry (1907), David Baldacci (1960), David Foster Wallace (1962), Ralph Ellison (1914), and Ivanka Trump (1981). After him are Charlie Kaufman (1958), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Charlaine Harris (1951), Walter J. Ong (1912), David Brin (1950), and Peter Straub (1943).
1942 - 2020
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 397
1907 - 1967
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 398
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 399
1962 - 2008
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 400
1914 - 1994
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 401
1981 - Present
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 402
1888 - 1959
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 403
1958 - Present
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 404
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 405
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 406
1912 - 2003
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 407
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 408
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 409