1926 - 1968
Neal Leon Cassady (February 8, 1926 – February 4, 1968) was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s. Cassady published only two short fragments of prose in his lifetime, but exerted considerable intellectual and stylistic influence through his conversation and correspondence. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neal Cassady has received more than 2,377,697 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Neal Cassady is the 695th most popular writer (up from 720th in 2019), the 776th most popular biography from United States (up from 780th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Writer.
Neal Cassady is most famous for being the inspiration for the character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road."
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among writers, Neal Cassady ranks 695 out of 5,755. Before him are Jaroslav Seifert, Hugo Ball, Pierre de Ronsard, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Władysław Reymont, and Ursula K. Le Guin. After him are Berossus, Carlos Fuentes, Jacinto Benavente, Dashiell Hammett, Jean Froissart, and Arto Paasilinna.
1901 - 1986
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 689
1886 - 1927
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 690
1524 - 1585
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 691
1797 - 1826
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 692
1867 - 1925
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 693
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 694
1926 - 1968
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 695
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 696
1928 - 2012
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 697
1866 - 1954
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 698
1894 - 1961
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 699
1337 - 1405
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 700
1942 - 2018
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 701
Among people born in 1926, Neal Cassady ranks 38. Before him are Leopoldo Galtieri, Donald A. Glaser, Margot Frank, Jack Brabham, Vivian Maier, and Richard Crenna. After him are Necmettin Erbakan, Beji Caid Essebsi, Hilary Putnam, Louise Hay, Maria Schell, and Irwin Rose. Among people deceased in 1968, Neal Cassady ranks 25. Before him are Jim Clark, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Salvatore Quasimodo, Corneille Heymans, Kees van Dongen, and Henry Hallett Dale. After him are Pitirim Sorokin, Kirill Meretskov, José Nasazzi, Giovanni Messe, Alexandre Kojève, and Ivan Ribar.
1926 - 2003
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 32
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 33
1926 - 1945
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 34
1926 - 2014
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 35
1926 - 2009
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 36
1926 - 2003
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 37
1926 - 1968
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 38
1926 - 2011
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 39
1926 - 2019
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 40
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 41
1926 - 2017
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 42
1926 - 2005
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 43
1926 - 2015
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 44
1936 - 1968
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 19
1889 - 1968
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 20
1901 - 1968
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 21
1892 - 1968
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 22
1877 - 1968
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 23
1875 - 1968
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 24
1926 - 1968
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 25
1889 - 1968
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 26
1897 - 1968
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 27
1901 - 1968
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 28
1883 - 1968
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 29
1902 - 1968
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 30
1881 - 1968
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 31
Among people born in United States, Neal Cassady ranks 776 out of 18,182. Before him are Lana Turner (1921), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Richard Crenna (1926), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), Tobey Maguire (1975), and Quincy Jones (1933). After him are Ray Manzarek (1939), Groucho Marx (1890), Martin Seligman (1942), Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), Dashiell Hammett (1894), and Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904).
1921 - 1995
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 770
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 771
1926 - 2003
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 772
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 773
1975 - Present
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 774
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 775
1926 - 1968
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 776
1939 - 2013
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 777
1890 - 1977
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 778
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 779
1971 - Present
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 780
1894 - 1961
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 781
1904 - 1971
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 782
Among writers born in United States, Neal Cassady ranks 78. Before him are Maya Angelou (1928), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), Patricia Highsmith (1921), Nellie Bly (1864), H. L. Mencken (1880), and Ursula K. Le Guin (1929). After him are Dashiell Hammett (1894), John Dos Passos (1896), Joseph Campbell (1904), Louise Hay (1926), L. Ron Hubbard (1911), and Raymond Carver (1938).
1928 - 2014
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 72
1867 - 1957
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 73
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 74
1864 - 1922
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 75
1880 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 76
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 77
1926 - 1968
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 78
1894 - 1961
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 79
1896 - 1970
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 80
1904 - 1987
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 81
1926 - 2017
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 82
1911 - 1986
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 83
1938 - 1988
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 84