1788 - 1879
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879) was an American writer, activist, and editor of the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War, Godey's Lady's Book. She was the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarah Josepha Hale has received more than 443,731 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sarah Josepha Hale is the 5,938th most popular writer (down from 5,358th in 2019), the 11,747th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,983rd in 2019) and the 879th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 5,938 out of 5,755. Before her are Russell Simmons, Ramon Solsona i Sancho, R. D. Blackmore, Wladimir Kaminer, Coventry Patmore, and Andrew Kevin Walker. After her are Wayne C. Booth, Nadav Lapid, Naomi Mitchison, Jáchym Topol, Oliver La Farge, and Stanley Kunitz.
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.60
Rank: 5,932
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.59
Rank: 5,933
1825 - 1900
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 5,934
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 5,935
1823 - 1896
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 5,936
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 5,937
1788 - 1879
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 5,938
1921 - 2005
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 5,939
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 5,940
1897 - 1999
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 5,941
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.49
Rank: 5,942
1901 - 1963
HPI: 38.49
Rank: 5,943
1905 - 2006
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 5,944
Among people born in 1788, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 55. Before her are Károly Kisfaludy, Hugh Clapperton, William Henry Smyth, Charles Robert Cockerell, Prideaux John Selby, and John Canfield Spencer. Among people deceased in 1879, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 66. Before her are John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, George Caleb Bingham, Richard H. Anderson, Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, John Adams Dix, and Caleb Cushing. After her is Zachariah Chandler.
1788 - 1830
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 49
1788 - 1827
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 50
1788 - 1865
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 51
1788 - 1863
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 52
1788 - 1867
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 53
1788 - 1855
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 54
1788 - 1879
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 55
1811 - 1879
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 60
1811 - 1879
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 61
1821 - 1879
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 62
1828 - 1879
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 63
1798 - 1879
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 64
1800 - 1879
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 65
1788 - 1879
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 66
1813 - 1879
HPI: 32.58
Rank: 67
Among people born in United States, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 11,747 out of 18,182. Before her are Andrew Kevin Walker (1964), Elliott Coues (1842), James van Hoften (1944), John Kiffmeyer (1969), Charles Murray (1943), and Daws Butler (1916). After her are Wayne C. Booth (1921), Marc Andreessen (1971), Melissa Hill (1970), Randy Williams (1953), Margaret Whiting (1924), and Dean Malenko (1960).
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 11,741
1842 - 1899
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 11,742
1944 - Present
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 11,743
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 11,744
1943 - Present
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 11,745
1916 - 1988
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 11,746
1788 - 1879
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 11,747
1921 - 2005
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 11,748
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 11,749
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 11,750
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 11,751
1924 - 2011
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 11,752
1960 - Present
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 11,753
Among writers born in United States, Sarah Josepha Hale ranks 879. Before her are Robert Hunter (1941), Sarah Winnemucca (1844), Kevin Poulsen (1965), Emma Willard (1787), Russell Simmons (1957), and Andrew Kevin Walker (1964). After her are Wayne C. Booth (1921), Oliver La Farge (1901), Stanley Kunitz (1905), Leslie Feinberg (1949), Joel Surnow (1955), and Ogden Nash (1902).
1941 - 2019
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 873
1844 - 1891
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 874
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 875
1787 - 1870
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 876
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.60
Rank: 877
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 878
1788 - 1879
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 879
1921 - 2005
HPI: 38.51
Rank: 880
1901 - 1963
HPI: 38.49
Rank: 881
1905 - 2006
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 882
1949 - 2014
HPI: 38.47
Rank: 883
1955 - Present
HPI: 38.47
Rank: 884
1902 - 1971
HPI: 38.43
Rank: 885