1809 - 1894
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (; August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. has received more than 765,916 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. is the 2,410th most popular writer (down from 2,108th in 2019), the 3,110th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,637th in 2019) and the 276th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 2,410 out of 5,755. Before him are William L. Shirer, Winston Groom, Nennius, Charles Berlitz, Isabella di Morra, and Hamnet Shakespeare. After him are George Meredith, Slavenka Drakulić, Henry Darger, Paul Goodman, Cornelia Funke, and Tian Han.
1904 - 1993
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 2,404
1943 - 2020
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 2,405
800 - 900
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 2,406
1913 - 2003
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 2,407
1520 - 1546
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 2,408
1585 - 1596
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 2,409
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 2,410
1828 - 1909
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 2,411
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 2,412
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 2,413
1911 - 1972
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 2,414
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 2,415
1898 - 1968
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 2,416
Among people born in 1809, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 34. Before him are Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, Hannibal Hamlin, Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, Robert Cornelius, and Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky. After him are Jules Favre, Edward FitzGerald, Heinrich Hoffmann, Matsumura Sōkon, Karl Koch, and Joseph Jenkins Roberts. Among people deceased in 1894, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 35. Before him are Gall, Guillaume Lekeu, Christina Rossetti, Alexander von Middendorff, Władysław Czartoryski, and Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Heinrich Hoffmann, Auguste Vaillant, Émile Henry, Walter Pater, Marietta Alboni, and Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz.
1809 - 1885
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 28
1809 - 1891
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 29
1809 - 1867
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 30
1809 - 1864
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 31
1809 - 1893
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 32
1809 - 1881
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 33
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 34
1809 - 1880
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 35
1809 - 1883
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 36
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 37
1809 - 1899
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 38
1809 - 1879
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 39
1809 - 1876
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 40
1840 - 1894
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 29
1870 - 1894
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 30
1830 - 1894
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 31
1815 - 1894
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 32
1828 - 1894
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 33
1844 - 1894
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 34
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 35
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 36
1861 - 1894
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 37
1872 - 1894
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 38
1839 - 1894
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 39
1823 - 1894
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 40
1815 - 1894
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 41
Among people born in United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 3,110 out of 18,182. Before him are Harris Yulin (1937), William L. Shirer (1904), Winston Groom (1943), Carl Panzram (1892), Charles Berlitz (1913), and Frederick Law Olmsted (1822). After him are William Levada (1936), Lauren Holly (1963), Henry Darger (1892), Paul Goodman (1911), Nancy Fraser (1947), and Miley Cyrus (1992).
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 3,104
1904 - 1993
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 3,105
1943 - 2020
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 3,106
1892 - 1930
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 3,107
1913 - 2003
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 3,108
1822 - 1903
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 3,109
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 3,110
1936 - 2019
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 3,111
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 3,112
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 3,113
1911 - 1972
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 3,114
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 3,115
1992 - Present
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 3,116
Among writers born in United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 276. Before him are Robert James Waller (1939), Jacques Futrelle (1875), Siri Hustvedt (1955), William L. Shirer (1904), Winston Groom (1943), and Charles Berlitz (1913). After him are Henry Darger (1892), Paul Goodman (1911), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), John Barth (1930), Neil Simon (1927), and Jim Thompson (1906).
1939 - 2017
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 270
1875 - 1912
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 271
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 272
1904 - 1993
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 273
1943 - 2020
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 274
1913 - 2003
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 275
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 276
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 277
1911 - 1972
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 278
1860 - 1935
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 279
1930 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 280
1927 - 2018
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 281
1906 - 1977
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 282