1876 - 1941
Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sherwood Anderson has received more than 620,036 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Sherwood Anderson is the 1,024th most popular writer (down from 913th in 2019), the 1,152nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,000th in 2019) and the 115th most popular American Writer.
Sherwood Anderson was an American writer who was most famous for his Winesburg, Ohio, a collection of short stories that focuses on the lives of the people in a small town.
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Among writers, Sherwood Anderson ranks 1,024 out of 5,794. Before him are Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, D. T. Suzuki, Joachim du Bellay, and Ernst Barlach. After him are Herodian, Basava, Assia Djebar, Dionysius Thrax, Marcus Manilius, and Andrew of Crete.
1838 - 1889
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 1,018
1539 - 1616
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 1,019
1804 - 1877
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 1,020
1870 - 1966
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 1,021
1522 - 1560
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 1,022
1870 - 1938
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 1,023
1876 - 1941
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 1,024
170 - 250
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 1,025
1134 - 1196
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 1,026
1936 - 2015
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 1,027
170 BC - 89 BC
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 1,028
50 BC - 50
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 1,029
660 - 740
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 1,030
Among people born in 1876, Sherwood Anderson ranks 38. Before him are Wilhelm Cuno, Jean Webster, John Macleod, Robert Michels, A. L. Kroeber, and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Paula Modersohn-Becker, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Ivan Cankar, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ivan Bilibin, and August Sander. Among people deceased in 1941, Sherwood Anderson ranks 36. Before him are Alexej von Jawlensky, Günther Lütjens, Émile Bernard, Frederick Griffith, Christian Rakovsky, and Gottfried Feder. After him are Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Kurt Koffka, Louis Chevrolet, Mikhail Kirponos, Ludwig Quidde, and Gaetano Mosca.
1876 - 1933
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 32
1876 - 1916
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 33
1876 - 1935
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 34
1876 - 1936
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 35
1876 - 1960
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 36
1876 - 1936
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 37
1876 - 1941
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 38
1876 - 1907
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 39
1876 - 1942
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 40
1876 - 1918
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 41
1876 - 1934
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 42
1876 - 1942
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 43
1876 - 1964
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 44
1864 - 1941
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 30
1889 - 1941
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 31
1868 - 1941
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 32
1879 - 1941
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 33
1873 - 1941
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 34
1883 - 1941
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 35
1876 - 1941
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 36
1923 - 1941
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 37
1886 - 1941
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 38
1878 - 1941
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 39
1892 - 1941
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 40
1858 - 1941
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 41
1858 - 1941
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 42
Among people born in United States, Sherwood Anderson ranks 1,152 out of 15,968. Before him are Joseph Erlanger (1874), Billie Jean King (1943), Jerry Bruckheimer (1943), George Stinney (1929), Morgan Fairchild (1950), and Ray Ewry (1873). After him are Andre Agassi (1970), Robert Taylor (1911), David Duchovny (1960), Barbara Bach (1947), Linda Hunt (1945), and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933).
1874 - 1965
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 1,146
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 1,147
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 1,148
1929 - 1944
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 1,149
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 1,150
1873 - 1937
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 1,151
1876 - 1941
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 1,152
1970 - Present
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 1,153
1911 - 1969
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 1,154
1960 - Present
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 1,155
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 1,156
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 1,157
1933 - 2020
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 1,158
Among writers born in United States, Sherwood Anderson ranks 115. Before him are Jean M. Auel (1936), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Clive Cussler (1931), William Gibson (1948), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), and Daniel Goleman (1946). After him are Cormac McCarthy (1933), Will Durant (1885), Tess Gerritsen (1953), Edith Wharton (1862), John Dickson Carr (1906), and Fredric Brown (1906).
1936 - Present
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 109
1937 - 2005
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 110
1931 - 2020
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 111
1948 - Present
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 112
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 113
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 114
1876 - 1941
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 115
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 116
1885 - 1981
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 117
1953 - Present
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 118
1862 - 1937
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 119
1906 - 1977
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 120
1906 - 1972
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 121