1815 - 1882
Richard Henry Dana Jr. (August 1, 1815 – January 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts, a descendant of a colonial family, who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir Two Years Before the Mast and as the government's attorney in the Prize Cases. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Henry Dana Jr. has received more than 202,290 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Richard Henry Dana Jr. is the 5,803rd most popular writer (down from 5,178th in 2019), the 10,927th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,841st in 2019) and the 823rd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Richard Henry Dana Jr. ranks 5,803 out of 5,755. Before him are Bob Black, Marcus Furius Bibaculus, Joel Osteen, Thomas Heywood, Pia Tafdrup, and Thomas Percy. After him are Lauren Weisberger, Susan Glaspell, Patrick Kavanagh, Gregory Colbert, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, and Guillermo Martínez.
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 5,797
103 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 40.04
Rank: 5,798
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.04
Rank: 5,799
1574 - 1641
HPI: 40.03
Rank: 5,800
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.00
Rank: 5,801
1729 - 1811
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 5,802
1815 - 1882
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 5,803
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 5,804
1876 - 1948
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 5,805
1904 - 1967
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 5,806
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.95
Rank: 5,807
1948 - 2011
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 5,808
1962 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 5,809
Among people born in 1815, Richard Henry Dana Jr. ranks 81. Before him are Rufus Wilmot Griswold, William J. Hardee, Edward James Roye, Andrew Jackson Downing, James Seddon, and Hablot Knight Browne. After him are Howell Cobb and Alexander Ramsey. Among people deceased in 1882, Richard Henry Dana Jr. ranks 71. Before him are Katarina Ivanović, James Spriggs Payne, Thomas Romney Robinson, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, James Challis, and Hablot Knight Browne. After him are Francis Maitland Balfour, Edward Bouverie Pusey, and Milton Latham.
1815 - 1857
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 75
1815 - 1873
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 76
1815 - 1872
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 77
1815 - 1852
HPI: 40.61
Rank: 78
1815 - 1880
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 79
1815 - 1882
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 80
1815 - 1882
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 81
1815 - 1868
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 82
1815 - 1903
HPI: 33.77
Rank: 83
1811 - 1882
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 65
1819 - 1882
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 66
1792 - 1882
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 67
1820 - 1882
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 68
1803 - 1882
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 69
1815 - 1882
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 70
1815 - 1882
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 71
1851 - 1882
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 72
1800 - 1882
HPI: 37.52
Rank: 73
1827 - 1882
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 74
Among people born in United States, Richard Henry Dana Jr. ranks 10,927 out of 18,182. Before him are Kevin Michael Richardson (1964), David Paterson (1954), Virginia Weidler (1927), Michael Trevino (1985), Greg Bell (1930), and Duane Swanson (1913). After him are Chandler Riggs (1999), Robert Warwick (1878), Derek Mears (1972), Abraham Baldwin (1754), Lauren Weisberger (1977), and Susan Glaspell (1876).
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.98
Rank: 10,921
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.98
Rank: 10,922
1927 - 1968
HPI: 39.98
Rank: 10,923
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 10,924
1930 - Present
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 10,925
1913 - 2000
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 10,926
1815 - 1882
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 10,927
1999 - Present
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 10,928
1878 - 1964
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 10,929
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 10,930
1754 - 1807
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 10,931
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 10,932
1876 - 1948
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 10,933
Among writers born in United States, Richard Henry Dana Jr. ranks 823. Before him are Tom Wilson (1931), Helen Gurley Brown (1922), Cheryl Strayed (1968), Bill Prady (1960), Bob Black (1951), and Joel Osteen (1963). After him are Lauren Weisberger (1977), Susan Glaspell (1876), George Saunders (1958), Tillie Olsen (1912), Tana French (1973), and David McCullough (1933).
1931 - 1978
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 817
1922 - 2012
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 818
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 819
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 820
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 821
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.04
Rank: 822
1815 - 1882
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 823
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 824
1876 - 1948
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 825
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 826
1912 - 2007
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 827
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 828
1933 - 2022
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 829