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Napoleon Hill

1883 - 1970

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His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2024). Napoleon Hill is the 572nd most popular writer (up from 598th in 2024), the 733rd most popular biography from United States (down from 608th in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Writer.

Napoleon Hill is most famous for his book, Think and Grow Rich. The book is a self-help book that teaches people how to become wealthy by applying the principles of success.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Napoleon Hill ranks 572 out of 7,302. Before him are Sidney Sheldon, Frederick Forsyth, Arthur Koestler, Alfred Jarry, Klaus Ebner, and Gaius Julius Hyginus. After him are Alexander Herzen, Maya Angelou, Ivan Krylov, Imadaddin Nasimi, Washington Irving, and Dimitrie Cantemir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Napoleon Hill ranks 27. Before him are Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Edgard Varèse, Lon Chaney, Theo van Doesburg, Semyon Budyonny, and Maurice Utrillo. After him are Mohammed Nadir Shah, Wang Jingwei, Andrey Vyshinsky, Celâl Bayar, Johannes Blaskowitz, and Angela Hitler. Among people deceased in 1970, Napoleon Hill ranks 27. Before him are C. V. Raman, Semyon Timoshenko, Rudolf Carnap, Heinrich Brüning, Alfred Newman, and Jochen Rindt. After him are Eric Berne, Artem Mikoyan, Vladimir Propp, Leslie Groves, Hugh Dowding, and Bruce McLaren.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Napoleon Hill ranks 733 out of NaN. Before him are Donna Summer (1948), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), Sidney Sheldon (1917), Eddie Murphy (1961), Reese Witherspoon (1976), and Hugh David Politzer (1949). After him are Maya Angelou (1928), Doris Day (1922), Roger D. Kornberg (1947), Washington Irving (1783), Lou Reed (1942), and Jerome Bruner (1915).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, Napoleon Hill ranks 61. Before him are William S. Burroughs (1914), Tennessee Williams (1911), Richard Bach (1936), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Tom Clancy (1947), and Sidney Sheldon (1917). After him are Maya Angelou (1928), Washington Irving (1783), Bell hooks (1952), Ellen G. White (1827), Theodore Dreiser (1871), and Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875).

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