1942 - Today
Samuel R. "Chip" Delany (, də-LAY-nee; born April 1, 1942) is an American writer and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism, and essays on science fiction, literature, sexuality, and society. His fiction includes Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection (winners of the Nebula Award for 1966 and 1967, respectively); Hogg, Nova, Dhalgren, the Return to Nevèrÿon series, and Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel R. Delany has received more than 1,087,780 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel R. Delany is the 1,346th most popular writer (up from 1,494th in 2019), the 1,699th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,835th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Samuel R. Delany ranks 1,346 out of 5,755. Before him are Jakob Wassermann, Joyce Carol Oates, Radoje Domanović, William Styron, Stig Dagerman, and Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf. After him are Daniel Pennac, Ibn Khallikan, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, James Oliver Curwood, Ubertino of Casale, and Adam de la Halle.
1873 - 1934
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,340
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,341
1873 - 1908
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,342
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,343
1923 - 1954
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,344
600 - 624
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,345
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,346
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,347
1211 - 1282
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,348
1543 - 1603
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,349
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,350
1259 - 1330
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,351
1245 - 1288
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,352
Among people born in 1942, Samuel R. Delany ranks 121. Before him are László Sólyom, Anita Pallenberg, Vladimir Bukovsky, Barry Levinson, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, and Sixto Rodriguez. After him are Jim Rogers, Carlos Monzón, Roger Ebert, David Bradley, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, and Isaac Hayes.
1942 - 2023
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 115
1942 - 2017
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 116
1942 - 2019
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 117
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 118
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 119
1942 - 2023
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 120
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 121
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 122
1942 - 1995
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 123
1942 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 124
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 125
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 126
1942 - 2008
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 127
Among people born in United States, Samuel R. Delany ranks 1,699 out of 18,182. Before him are Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Chris Evans (1981), William Styron (1925), Richard Serra (1939), John Backus (1924), and Charles Mingus (1922). After him are Robert E. Park (1864), Michael Dudikoff (1954), Tom Regan (1938), Charles Eames (1907), James Oliver Curwood (1878), and Thomas Haden Church (1960).
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,693
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,694
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,695
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,696
1924 - 2007
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,697
1922 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,698
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,699
1864 - 1944
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,700
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,701
1938 - 2017
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,702
1907 - 1978
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,703
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,704
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,705
Among writers born in United States, Samuel R. Delany ranks 161. Before him are Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Robert Sheckley (1928), Don DeLillo (1936), Robert Bloch (1917), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), and William Styron (1925). After him are James Oliver Curwood (1878), Edward Albee (1928), Norman Mailer (1923), Diana Gabaldon (1952), James Patterson (1947), and Thornton Wilder (1897).
1832 - 1907
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 155
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 156
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 157
1917 - 1994
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 158
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 159
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 160
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 161
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 162
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 163
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 164
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 165
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 166
1897 - 1975
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 167