1872 - 1906
Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar began writing stories and verse when he was a child. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Laurence Dunbar has received more than 935,794 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Paul Laurence Dunbar is the 5,868th most popular writer (down from 5,256th in 2019), the 11,319th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,318th in 2019) and the 845th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Paul Laurence Dunbar ranks 5,868 out of 5,755. Before him are Norman Podhoretz, Zakhar Prilepin, Michal Šanda, Caryl Churchill, Alexei Panshin, and Bessie Head. After him are Leyla Aliyeva, Joumana Haddad, John Seigenthaler, Graciano Rocchigiani, Dorothy Allison, and Stephen Chbosky.
1930 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 5,862
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.39
Rank: 5,863
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 5,864
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 5,865
1940 - 2022
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 5,866
1937 - 1986
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 5,867
1872 - 1906
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 5,868
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.33
Rank: 5,869
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.33
Rank: 5,870
1927 - 2014
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 5,871
1963 - 2018
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 5,872
1949 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 5,873
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 5,874
Among people born in 1872, Paul Laurence Dunbar ranks 172. Before him are Lucille La Verne, Harlan F. Stone, Anna Held, Otto Bahr Halvorsen, Ralph Lewis, and Bernard Knubel. After him are Fannie Ward, Michael Joseph Savage, Ivar Lykke, George Dern, Charles Murray, and Joseph Taylor Robinson. Among people deceased in 1906, Paul Laurence Dunbar ranks 68. Before him are George Holyoake, José María de Pereda, Pedro Varela, John Schofield, Walter Buller, and Mary Putnam Jacobi. After him are Eastman Johnson and Richard Seddon.
1872 - 1945
HPI: 42.44
Rank: 166
1872 - 1946
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 167
1872 - 1918
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 168
1872 - 1923
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 169
1872 - 1937
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 170
1872 - 1957
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 171
1872 - 1906
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 172
1872 - 1952
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 173
1872 - 1940
HPI: 38.78
Rank: 174
1872 - 1949
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 175
1872 - 1936
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 176
1872 - 1941
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 177
1872 - 1937
HPI: 31.89
Rank: 178
1817 - 1906
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 62
1833 - 1906
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 63
1837 - 1906
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 64
1831 - 1906
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 65
1838 - 1906
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 66
1842 - 1906
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 67
1872 - 1906
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 68
1824 - 1906
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 69
1845 - 1906
HPI: 36.36
Rank: 70
Among people born in United States, Paul Laurence Dunbar ranks 11,319 out of 18,182. Before him are Johnny Van Zant (1960), James H. Billington (1929), George Barnes (1892), Tom Lenk (1976), Al Freeman Jr. (1934), and Genesis Rodriguez (1987). After him are R-Truth (1972), Maria Schneider (1960), Kim Thayil (1960), Enrique Murciano (1973), Frank Lovejoy (1912), and Christian Pollas (1947).
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 11,313
1929 - 2018
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 11,314
1892 - 1953
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 11,315
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 11,316
1934 - 2012
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 11,317
1987 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 11,318
1872 - 1906
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 11,319
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.34
Rank: 11,320
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.34
Rank: 11,321
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.34
Rank: 11,322
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.34
Rank: 11,323
1912 - 1962
HPI: 39.33
Rank: 11,324
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.33
Rank: 11,325
Among writers born in United States, Paul Laurence Dunbar ranks 845. Before him are Ellen Glasgow (1873), Jill Abramson (1954), Hanya Yanagihara (1974), Katie Couric (1957), Norman Podhoretz (1930), and Alexei Panshin (1940). After him are John Seigenthaler (1927), Dorothy Allison (1949), Stephen Chbosky (1970), James Gleick (1954), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), and William H. Gass (1924).
1873 - 1945
HPI: 39.51
Rank: 839
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 840
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 841
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 842
1930 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 843
1940 - 2022
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 844
1872 - 1906
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 845
1927 - 2014
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 846
1949 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 847
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 848
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 849
1916 - 2008
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 850
1924 - 2017
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 851