1809 - 1894
Oliver Wendell Holmes (; 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. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. has received more than 575,478 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. is the 2,109th most popular writer (down from 2,026th in 2019), the 2,638th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,405th in 2019) and the 254th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 2,109 out of 5,794. Before him are Kate Chopin, Theodorus Gaza, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Khushal Khattak, Christina Rossetti, and Caterina Albert. After him are Mahsati, Bion of Smyrna, Chuck Palahniuk, Michalina Wisłocka, Noël Coward, and Winston Groom.
1850 - 1904
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 2,103
1398 - 1475
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 2,104
1480 - 1557
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 2,105
1613 - 1689
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 2,106
1830 - 1894
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 2,107
1869 - 1966
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 2,108
1809 - 1894
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 2,109
1089 - 1181
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 2,110
300 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 2,111
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 2,112
1921 - 2005
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 2,113
1899 - 1973
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 2,114
1943 - 2020
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 2,115
Among people born in 1809, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 27. Before him are Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, Juan Donoso Cortés, Mariano José de Larra, Luigi Federico Menabrea, Bettino Ricasoli, and Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel. After him are Heinrich Hoffmann, Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, François Certain de Canrobert, James Glaisher, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, and Edward FitzGerald. Among people deceased in 1894, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 28. Before him are August Kundt, Eugène Charles Catalan, Nikolai Ge, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Gall, and Christina Rossetti. After him are Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, Heinrich Hoffmann, Guillaume Lekeu, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Alexander von Middendorff, and Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia.
1809 - 1877
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 21
1809 - 1853
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 22
1809 - 1837
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 23
1809 - 1896
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 24
1809 - 1880
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 25
1809 - 1885
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 26
1809 - 1894
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 27
1809 - 1894
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 28
1809 - 1864
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 29
1809 - 1895
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 30
1809 - 1903
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 31
1809 - 1886
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 32
1809 - 1883
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 33
1839 - 1894
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 22
1814 - 1894
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 23
1831 - 1894
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 24
1817 - 1894
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 25
1840 - 1894
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 26
1830 - 1894
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 27
1809 - 1894
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 28
1827 - 1894
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 29
1809 - 1894
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 30
1870 - 1894
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 31
1844 - 1894
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 32
1815 - 1894
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 33
1827 - 1894
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 34
Among people born in United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 2,638 out of 15,968. Before him are Mick Mars (1951), Eli Whitney (1765), Florence Owens Thompson (1903), Sung Kang (1972), Dick Sargent (1930), and Garry Marshall (1934). After him are Wilder Penfield (1891), G. W. Bailey (1944), Don Budge (1915), Paul Strand (1890), Jesse Jackson (1941), and Isiah Thomas (1961).
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 2,632
1765 - 1825
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 2,633
1903 - 1983
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 2,634
1972 - Present
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 2,635
1930 - 1994
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 2,636
1934 - 2016
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 2,637
1809 - 1894
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 2,638
1891 - 1976
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 2,639
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 2,640
1915 - 2000
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 2,641
1890 - 1976
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 2,642
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 2,643
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 2,644
Among writers born in United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ranks 254. Before him are William Moulton Marston (1893), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Joseph Heller (1923), Richard Bandler (1950), Frank McCourt (1930), and Kate Chopin (1850). After him are Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Winston Groom (1943), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Robert Jordan (1948), Ida Tarbell (1857), and Harlan Ellison (1934).
1893 - 1947
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 248
1893 - 1961
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 249
1923 - 1999
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 250
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 251
1930 - 2009
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 252
1850 - 1904
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 253
1809 - 1894
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 254
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 255
1943 - 2020
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 256
1889 - 1970
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 257
1948 - 2007
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 258
1857 - 1944
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 259
1934 - 2018
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 260