1926 - 1992
Richard Walden Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American fiction writer identified with the mid-century "Age of Anxiety". His first novel, Revolutionary Road, was a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award, while his first short story collection, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, brought comparisons to James Joyce. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Yates has received more than 18,804 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Richard Yates is the 3,335th most popular writer (down from 2,750th in 2019), the 4,373rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,515th in 2019) and the 382nd most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Richard Yates ranks 3,335 out of 5,755. Before him are Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, Alexander Neckam, John Ashbery, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Cui Hao, and Elin Pelin. After him are Shibli Nomani, Ida Fink, Sima Tan, Concepción Arenal, Jeton Kelmendi, and William Hope Hodgson.
1658 - 1725
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 3,329
1157 - 1217
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 3,330
1927 - 2017
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 3,331
1901 - 1962
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 3,332
704 - 754
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 3,333
1877 - 1949
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 3,334
1926 - 1992
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 3,335
1857 - 1914
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 3,336
1921 - 2011
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 3,337
165 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 3,338
1820 - 1893
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 3,339
1978 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 3,340
1877 - 1918
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 3,341
Among people born in 1926, Richard Yates ranks 218. Before him are André Delvaux, Fernando J. Corbató, Johanna Quandt, Julie Adams, Bal Thackeray, and Julio Pérez. After him are Bhupen Hazarika, Carl Adam Petri, William Porter, Christine Jorgensen, Ibrahim Nasir, and Allan Sandage. Among people deceased in 1992, Richard Yates ranks 132. Before him are Emilio Recoba, Michel Berger, Hammer DeRoburt, Jack Arnold, Sylvain Arend, and Chuck Connors. After him are Viktor Grishin, Sándor Veress, Nie Rongzhen, Piotr Jaroszewicz, Gerard K. O'Neill, and Farag Foda.
1926 - 2002
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 212
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 213
1926 - 2015
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 214
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 215
1926 - 2012
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 216
1926 - 2002
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 217
1926 - 1992
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 218
1926 - 2011
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 219
1926 - 2010
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 220
1926 - 2000
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 221
1926 - 1989
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 222
1926 - 2008
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 223
1926 - 2010
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 224
1904 - 1992
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 126
1947 - 1992
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 127
1922 - 1992
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 128
1916 - 1992
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 129
1902 - 1992
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 130
1921 - 1992
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 131
1926 - 1992
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 132
1914 - 1992
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 133
1907 - 1992
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 134
1899 - 1992
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 135
1909 - 1992
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 136
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 137
1946 - 1992
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 138
Among people born in United States, Richard Yates ranks 4,373 out of 18,182. Before him are Alice Coltrane (1937), Wil Wheaton (1972), Edward Robinson (1794), John Corbett (1961), Billy Herrington (1969), and Lenny Wilkens (1937). After him are Charles F. Brush (1849), Greg Mankiw (1958), Harrison Ford (1884), Tom Mix (1880), Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924), and Carl Wilson (1946).
1937 - 2007
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 4,367
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 4,368
1794 - 1863
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 4,369
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 4,370
1969 - 2018
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 4,371
1937 - Present
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 4,372
1926 - 1992
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 4,373
1849 - 1929
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 4,374
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 4,375
1884 - 1957
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 4,376
1880 - 1940
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 4,377
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 4,378
1946 - 1998
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 4,379
Among writers born in United States, Richard Yates ranks 382. Before him are Diane Disney Miller (1933), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), William Steig (1907), James Salter (1925), A. Merritt (1884), and John Ashbery (1927). After him are Charles Fort (1874), Vince Gilligan (1967), Michael Cristofer (1945), Lillian Hellman (1905), Francis Scott Key (1779), and Robert Ettinger (1918).
1933 - 2013
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 376
1822 - 1847
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 377
1907 - 2003
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 378
1925 - 2015
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 379
1884 - 1943
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 380
1927 - 2017
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 381
1926 - 1992
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 382
1874 - 1932
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 383
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 384
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 385
1905 - 1984
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 386
1779 - 1843
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 387
1918 - 2011
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 388