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 722,261 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Sherwood Anderson is the 779th most popular writer (up from 1,024th in 2019), the 900th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,151st in 2019) and the 91st 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 779 out of 5,755. Before him are George Steiner, Joseph of Anchieta, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Maurice Druon, André Chénier, and Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle. After him are Philippe Ariès, Italo Svevo, Nestor the Chronicler, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Mikael Agricola, and John Jacob Astor IV.
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 773
1534 - 1597
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 774
1603 - 1664
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 775
1918 - 2009
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 776
1762 - 1794
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 777
1657 - 1757
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 778
1876 - 1941
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 779
1914 - 1984
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 780
1861 - 1928
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 781
1056 - 1106
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 782
1795 - 1861
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 783
1510 - 1557
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 784
1864 - 1912
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 785
Among people born in 1876, Sherwood Anderson ranks 31. Before him are Hermann Müller, John Macleod, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Dragutin Dimitrijević, Wilhelm Cuno, and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Max Jacob, Robert Guérin, Jean Webster, Bruno Walter, Wied, Prince of Albania, and Henri de Baillet-Latour. Among people deceased in 1941, Sherwood Anderson ranks 26. Before him are Hans Spemann, Ernst Udet, Werner Mölders, Werner Sombart, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, and Edward Rydz-Śmigły. After him are Henri Lebesgue, Prajadhipok, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Günther Prien, Gottfried Feder, and Alexej von Jawlensky.
1876 - 1931
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 25
1876 - 1935
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 26
1876 - 1948
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 27
1876 - 1917
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 28
1876 - 1933
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 29
1876 - 1936
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 30
1876 - 1941
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 31
1876 - 1944
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 32
1876 - 1952
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 33
1876 - 1916
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 34
1876 - 1962
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 35
1876 - 1945
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 36
1876 - 1942
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 37
1869 - 1941
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 20
1896 - 1941
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 21
1913 - 1941
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 22
1863 - 1941
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 23
1860 - 1941
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 24
1886 - 1941
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 25
1876 - 1941
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 26
1875 - 1941
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 27
1893 - 1941
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 28
1856 - 1941
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 29
1908 - 1941
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 30
1883 - 1941
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 31
1864 - 1941
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 32
Among people born in United States, Sherwood Anderson ranks 900 out of 18,182. Before him are Suzi Quatro (1950), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Frederick Reines (1918), Steve Carell (1962), Anne Bancroft (1931), and Kevin Bacon (1958). After him are Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), Billy Bob Thornton (1955), Robert Burns Woodward (1917), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), Tom Waits (1949), and Willis Lamb (1913).
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 894
1879 - 1970
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 895
1918 - 1998
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 896
1962 - Present
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 897
1931 - 2005
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 898
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 899
1876 - 1941
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 900
1913 - 1994
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 901
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 902
1917 - 1979
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 903
1907 - 1990
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 904
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 905
1913 - 2008
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 906
Among writers born in United States, Sherwood Anderson ranks 91. Before him are Raymond Carver (1938), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), Solomon Northup (1808), Sinclair Lewis (1885), Dalton Trumbo (1905), and Stephen Covey (1932). After him are John Jacob Astor IV (1864), John Fante (1909), Virginia Satir (1916), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), Ambrose Bierce (1842), and Thomas Pynchon (1937).
1938 - 1988
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 85
1927 - 2020
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 86
1808 - 1863
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 87
1885 - 1951
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 88
1905 - 1976
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 89
1932 - 2012
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 90
1876 - 1941
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 91
1864 - 1912
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 92
1909 - 1983
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 93
1916 - 1988
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 94
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 95
1842 - 1914
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 96
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 97