1888 - 1939
S. S. Van Dine (also styled S.S. Van Dine) is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of S. S. Van Dine has received more than 183,065 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). S. S. Van Dine is the 2,285th most popular writer (down from 2,254th in 2019), the 2,937th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,836th in 2019) and the 261st most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, S. S. Van Dine ranks 2,285 out of 5,755. Before him are Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, Ai Qing, Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, Stefan Żeromski, and Francesc Eiximenis. After him are George Whitefield, Terry Goodkind, Victoria Ocampo, Cao Yu, Mir Taqi Mir, and Zabel Yesayan.
520 - 607
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 2,279
1868 - 1956
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 2,280
1910 - 1996
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,281
700 - 662
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,282
1864 - 1925
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,283
1330 - 1409
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,284
1888 - 1939
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,285
1714 - 1770
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 2,286
1948 - 2020
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 2,287
1890 - 1979
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 2,288
1910 - 1996
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 2,289
1723 - 1810
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 2,290
1878 - 1943
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 2,291
Among people born in 1888, S. S. Van Dine ranks 98. Before him are Richard Courant, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Domenico Tardini, Paul Ramadier, Roberto Assagioli, and Francesco Baracca. After him are Harukichi Hyakutake, Marcel L'Herbier, Carl Hilpert, Lead Belly, Archduchess Isabella of Austria, and Hans Graf von Sponeck. Among people deceased in 1939, S. S. Van Dine ranks 62. Before him are Havelock Ellis, Archibald Leitch, Johann Strauss III, Yevgeny Miller, Evald Aav, and Arthur Rackham. After him are Xu Shichang, Ma Rainey, Max Skladanowsky, Kyōka Izumi, Konstantin Somov, and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin.
1888 - 1972
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 92
1888 - 1962
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 93
1888 - 1961
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 94
1888 - 1961
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 95
1888 - 1974
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 96
1888 - 1918
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 97
1888 - 1939
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 98
1888 - 1947
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 99
1888 - 1979
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 100
1888 - 1947
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 101
1888 - 1949
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 102
1888 - 1973
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 103
1888 - 1944
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 104
1859 - 1939
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 56
1865 - 1939
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 57
1866 - 1939
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 58
1867 - 1939
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 59
1900 - 1939
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 60
1867 - 1939
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 61
1888 - 1939
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 62
1855 - 1939
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 63
1886 - 1939
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 64
1863 - 1939
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 65
1873 - 1939
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 66
1869 - 1939
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 67
1878 - 1939
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 68
Among people born in United States, S. S. Van Dine ranks 2,937 out of 18,182. Before him are Joel Asaph Allen (1838), Jerry Brudos (1939), Linda Nochlin (1931), Bill Hewlett (1913), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), and Dolores Costello (1903). After him are Ted Williams (1918), June Allyson (1917), Terry Goodkind (1948), Gene Krupa (1909), Rhea Seehorn (1972), and Edward Kasner (1878).
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 2,931
1939 - 2006
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,932
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,933
1913 - 2001
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,934
1866 - 1925
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,935
1903 - 1979
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,936
1888 - 1939
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,937
1918 - 2002
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 2,938
1917 - 2006
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 2,939
1948 - 2020
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 2,940
1909 - 1973
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 2,941
1972 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 2,942
1878 - 1955
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 2,943
Among writers born in United States, S. S. Van Dine ranks 261. Before him are Margaret Fuller (1810), Richard Ford (1944), John Kennedy Toole (1937), Audre Lorde (1934), Terence McKenna (1946), and Jonathan Franzen (1959). After him are Terry Goodkind (1948), Neil Postman (1931), Alexandra Ripley (1934), Edward Bunker (1933), Mary Baker Eddy (1821), and Orson Scott Card (1951).
1810 - 1850
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 255
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 256
1937 - 1969
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 257
1934 - 1992
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 258
1946 - 2000
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 259
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 260
1888 - 1939
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 261
1948 - 2020
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 262
1931 - 2003
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 263
1934 - 2004
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 264
1933 - 2005
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 265
1821 - 1910
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 266
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 267