1888 - 1959
James Maxwell Anderson (December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist, and lyricist. Anderson faced many challenges in his career, frequently losing jobs for expressing his opinions or supporting controversial figures. Despite this, he found success as a dramatist and wrote a number of hit plays, including What Price Glory, Both Your Houses, and The Bad Seed. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maxwell Anderson has received more than 264,958 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Maxwell Anderson is the 3,796th most popular writer (down from 3,536th in 2019), the 5,076th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,725th in 2019) and the 427th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Maxwell Anderson ranks 3,796 out of 5,755. Before him are James Thurber, Masuji Ibuse, Mihailo Lalić, Dominique Fernandez, Kočo Racin, and Saul Alinsky. After him are Torgny Lindgren, Aleksandar Tišma, Bret Harte, Cecco Angiolieri, Kim Stanley Robinson, and James Redfield.
1894 - 1961
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,790
1898 - 1993
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,791
1914 - 1992
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,792
1929 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,793
1908 - 1943
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,794
1909 - 1972
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,795
1888 - 1959
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 3,796
1938 - 2017
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 3,797
1924 - 2003
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 3,798
1836 - 1902
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 3,799
1260 - 1312
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 3,800
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 3,801
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 3,802
Among people born in 1888, Maxwell Anderson ranks 146. Before him are Harry Crerar, Gustaf Molander, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, Irving Cummings, Cathleen Nesbitt, and Vahram Papazian. After him are Franciszek Kleeberg, Marcel Jouhandeau, Alexander Chayanov, Kiichiro Higuchi, Osip Brik, and Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira. Among people deceased in 1959, Maxwell Anderson ranks 110. Before him are Giuseppe Bottai, Mutara III Rudahigwa, Edmund Goulding, Maxie Long, William J. Donovan, and William D. Leahy. After him are Sténio Vincent, Fernand Bouisson, Alfonso López Pumarejo, Johan Bojer, Boughera El Ouafi, and Esfir Shub.
1888 - 1965
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 140
1888 - 1973
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 141
1888 - 1930
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 142
1888 - 1959
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 143
1888 - 1982
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 144
1888 - 1968
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 145
1888 - 1959
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 146
1888 - 1941
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 147
1888 - 1979
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 148
1888 - 1937
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 149
1888 - 1970
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 150
1888 - 1945
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 151
1888 - 1977
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 152
1895 - 1959
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 104
1911 - 1959
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 105
1891 - 1959
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 106
1878 - 1959
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 107
1883 - 1959
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 108
1875 - 1959
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 109
1888 - 1959
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 110
1874 - 1959
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 111
1874 - 1959
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 112
1886 - 1959
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 113
1872 - 1959
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 114
1898 - 1959
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 115
1894 - 1959
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 116
Among people born in United States, Maxwell Anderson ranks 5,076 out of 18,182. Before him are Patti Scialfa (1953), Nate Dogg (1969), James Thurber (1894), Jim Walton (1948), Saul Alinsky (1909), and Bob Gale (1951). After him are Richard M. Karp (1935), Ethel Merman (1908), Burt Ward (1945), Brian Thompson (1959), Titus Welliver (1962), and Luke Wilson (1971).
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 5,070
1969 - 2011
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 5,071
1894 - 1961
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 5,072
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 5,073
1909 - 1972
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 5,074
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 5,075
1888 - 1959
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 5,076
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 5,077
1908 - 1984
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 5,078
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 5,079
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 5,080
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 5,081
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 5,082
Among writers born in United States, Maxwell Anderson ranks 427. Before him are David Brin (1950), Ron Kovic (1946), C. J. Cherryh (1942), V. C. Andrews (1923), James Thurber (1894), and Saul Alinsky (1909). After him are Bret Harte (1836), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), James Redfield (1950), Aaron Sorkin (1961), Peter Straub (1943), and Paula Fox (1923).
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 421
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 422
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 423
1923 - 1986
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 424
1894 - 1961
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 425
1909 - 1972
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 426
1888 - 1959
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 427
1836 - 1902
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 428
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 429
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 430
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 431
1943 - 2022
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 432
1923 - 2017
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 433