1928 - 1982
Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer known for his work in science fiction. He wrote 44 published novels and approximately 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. His fiction explored varied philosophical and social themes, and featured recurrent elements such as alternate realities, simulacra, monopolistic corporations, drug abuse, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip K. Dick has received more than 6,341,301 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Philip K. Dick is the 242nd most popular writer (down from 235th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from United States (down from 185th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Writer.
Philip K. Dick is most famous for his science fiction novels, which often explore the nature of reality and what it means to be human.
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Among writers, Philip K. Dick ranks 242 out of 5,794. Before him are Bartolomé de las Casas, Guillaume de Machaut, William Golding, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Christine de Pizan, and Prosper Mérimée. After him are Alphonse Daudet, Sallust, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Isabel Allende, Ian Fleming, and Anna Akhmatova.
1484 - 1566
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 236
1300 - 1377
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 237
1911 - 1993
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 238
1857 - 1919
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 239
1365 - 1430
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 240
1803 - 1870
HPI: 78.08
Rank: 241
1928 - 1982
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 242
1840 - 1897
HPI: 77.98
Rank: 243
86 BC - 34 BC
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 244
1792 - 1822
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 245
1942 - Present
HPI: 77.92
Rank: 246
1908 - 1964
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 247
1889 - 1966
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 248
Among people born in 1928, Philip K. Dick ranks 11. Before him are Hosni Mubarak, John Forbes Nash Jr., Noam Chomsky, Ariel Sharon, James Watson, and Eduard Shevardnadze. After him are Chinghiz Aitmatov, Serge Gainsbourg, Rinus Michels, Shirley Temple, Osamu Tezuka, and Didi. Among people deceased in 1982, Philip K. Dick ranks 12. Before him are Carl Orff, Henry Fonda, Grace Kelly, Anna Freud, Roman Jakobson, and Hans-Ulrich Rudel. After him are Erving Goffman, Arthur Rubinstein, Vasily Chuikov, Barack Obama Sr., Khalid of Saudi Arabia, and Jacques Tati.
1928 - 2020
HPI: 83.95
Rank: 5
1928 - 2015
HPI: 83.44
Rank: 6
1928 - Present
HPI: 83.01
Rank: 7
1928 - 2014
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 8
1928 - Present
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 9
1928 - 2014
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 10
1928 - 1982
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 11
1928 - 2008
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 12
1928 - 1991
HPI: 77.78
Rank: 13
1928 - 2005
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 14
1928 - 2014
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 15
1928 - 1989
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 16
1928 - 2001
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 17
1895 - 1982
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 6
1905 - 1982
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 7
1929 - 1982
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 8
1895 - 1982
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 9
1896 - 1982
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 10
1916 - 1982
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 11
1928 - 1982
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 12
1922 - 1982
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 13
1887 - 1982
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 14
1900 - 1982
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 15
1936 - 1982
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 16
1912 - 1982
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 17
1907 - 1982
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 18
Among people born in United States, Philip K. Dick ranks 211 out of 15,968. Before him are John Adams (1735), Louis Sullivan (1856), Frank Zappa (1940), George Marshall (1880), Ronnie James Dio (1942), and Samuel P. Huntington (1927). After him are Richard Gere (1949), Gary Cooper (1901), Rocky Marciano (1923), Christopher Lloyd (1938), Herbert Hoover (1874), and Whitney Houston (1963).
1735 - 1826
HPI: 78.20
Rank: 205
1856 - 1924
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 206
1940 - 1993
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 207
1880 - 1959
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 208
1942 - 2010
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 209
1927 - 2008
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 210
1928 - 1982
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 211
1949 - Present
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 212
1901 - 1961
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 213
1923 - 1969
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 214
1938 - Present
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 215
1874 - 1964
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 216
1963 - 2012
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 217
Among writers born in United States, Philip K. Dick ranks 23. Before him are Coen brothers (null), Pearl S. Buck (1892), Dr. Seuss (1904), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), Walt Whitman (1819), and Emily Dickinson (1830). After him are Henry Miller (1891), Mario Puzo (1920), O. Henry (1862), Arthur Miller (1915), Jack Kerouac (1922), and Ezra Pound (1885).
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 17
1892 - 1973
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 18
1904 - 1991
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 19
1803 - 1882
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 20
1819 - 1892
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 21
1830 - 1886
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 22
1928 - 1982
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 23
1891 - 1980
HPI: 77.63
Rank: 24
1920 - 1999
HPI: 77.54
Rank: 25
1862 - 1910
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 26
1915 - 2005
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 27
1922 - 1969
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 28
1885 - 1972
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 29