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Rex Stout

1886 - 1975

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Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels, and 41 novellas and short stories, between 1934 and 1975. In 1959, Stout received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rex Stout has received more than 470,849 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Rex Stout is the 1,130th most popular writer (up from 1,329th in 2019), the 1,375th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,563rd in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Writer.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.53

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  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rex Stout ranks 1,130 out of 5,755. Before him are Eiji Yoshikawa, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Joachim du Bellay, Rigas Feraios, Ouyang Xiu, and Polyaenus. After him are Yakub Kolas, Nikolai Leskov, Joseph Bédier, Raymond Radiguet, Catherine de Bourbon, and Ivan Cankar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Rex Stout ranks 46. Before him are Henri Coandă, Archibald Hill, Garegin Nzhdeh, Raymond A. Spruance, Jisaburō Ozawa, and Dong Biwu. After him are Franz Rosenzweig, Alain-Fournier, Vittorio Pozzo, Tsuguharu Foujita, Raoul Hausmann, and Gottfried Benn. Among people deceased in 1975, Rex Stout ranks 42. Before him are Latife Uşşaki, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Susan Hayward, Dong Biwu, Chivu Stoica, and François Tombalbaye. After him are Bernard Herrmann, Carlo Levi, Vicente Feola, George Stevens, P. G. Wodehouse, and Elijah Muhammad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rex Stout ranks 1,375 out of 18,182. Before him are Iris Apfel (1921), William Fichtner (1956), Percy Spencer (1894), Hamilton O. Smith (1931), Bernard Baruch (1870), and Nettie Stevens (1861). After him are David O. Selznick (1902), Conchata Ferrell (1943), Buck Henry (1930), Annie Leibovitz (1949), Alan Silvestri (1950), and Rosemary Kennedy (1918).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Rex Stout ranks 136. Before him are Edith Wharton (1862), Nora Roberts (1950), Harry Harrison (1925), Virginia Henderson (1897), Michael Connelly (1956), and Ken Kesey (1935). After him are Jean M. Auel (1936), Robert Wilson (1941), Danielle Steel (1947), Robert Jordan (1948), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), and John Dickson Carr (1906).

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