1916 - 1965
Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Over the duration of her writing career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories. Born in San Francisco, California, Jackson attended Syracuse University in New York, where she became involved with the university's literary magazine and met her future husband Stanley Edgar Hyman. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shirley Jackson has received more than 3,996,029 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Shirley Jackson is the 1,902nd most popular writer (up from 2,570th in 2019), the 2,462nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,285th in 2019) and the 224th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Shirley Jackson ranks 1,902 out of 5,755. Before her are Albert Cohen, Nora Ephron, Roger Peyrefitte, Paul Gerhardt, Ross Macdonald, and Fan Zhongyan. After her are Al-Hariri of Basra, Jonas Lie, Maria Konopnicka, Sister Nivedita, Denis Fonvizin, and Ahmad ibn Arabshah.
1895 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,896
1941 - 2012
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,897
1907 - 2000
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 1,898
1607 - 1676
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 1,899
1915 - 1983
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 1,900
989 - 1052
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,901
1916 - 1965
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,902
1054 - 1122
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,903
1833 - 1908
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,904
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,905
1867 - 1911
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 1,906
1745 - 1792
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 1,907
1389 - 1450
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 1,908
Among people born in 1916, Shirley Jackson ranks 86. Before her are Hamani Diori, Archduke Felix of Austria, Luigi Comencini, Kristján Eldjárn, Pierre Messmer, and Yekaterina Budanova. After her are Hubert Maga, José Manuel Moreno, Mika Špiljak, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Hilary Koprowski, and James Herriot. Among people deceased in 1965, Shirley Jackson ranks 60. Before her are Sydney Chaplin, Humberto Delgado, Ladislas Starevich, George Adamski, Carl Oberg, and Edgard Varèse. After her are William M. Branham, William Heard Kilpatrick, Taimur bin Feisal, Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, Leopold Figl, and José Mendes Cabeçadas.
1916 - 1989
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 80
1916 - 2011
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 81
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 82
1916 - 1982
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 83
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 84
1916 - 1943
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 85
1916 - 1965
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 86
1916 - 2000
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 87
1916 - 1978
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 88
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 89
1916 - 2005
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 90
1916 - 2013
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 91
1916 - 1995
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 92
1885 - 1965
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 54
1906 - 1965
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 55
1882 - 1965
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 56
1891 - 1965
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 57
1897 - 1965
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 58
1883 - 1965
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 59
1916 - 1965
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 60
1909 - 1965
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 61
1871 - 1965
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 62
1886 - 1965
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 63
1891 - 1965
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 64
1902 - 1965
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 65
1883 - 1965
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 66
Among people born in United States, Shirley Jackson ranks 2,462 out of 18,182. Before her are Paul Milgrom (1948), Allan Kaprow (1927), Lynda Carter (1951), King Oliver (1881), Ross Macdonald (1915), and Charles Grodin (1935). After her are Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921), Richard R. Schrock (1945), J. T. Walsh (1943), Robert Downey Sr. (1936), Chris Pine (1980), and Peter Diamond (1940).
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 2,456
1927 - 2006
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 2,457
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 2,458
1881 - 1938
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 2,459
1915 - 1983
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 2,460
1935 - 2021
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 2,461
1916 - 1965
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 2,462
1921 - 2009
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 2,463
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 2,464
1943 - 1998
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 2,465
1936 - 2021
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,466
1980 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,467
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,468
Among writers born in United States, Shirley Jackson ranks 224. Before her are Bob Woodward (1943), Alex Haley (1921), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Kathy Reichs (1948), Nora Ephron (1941), and Ross Macdonald (1915). After her are Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Anne Sexton (1928), Kate Millett (1934), Tony Robbins (1960), Alfred Bester (1913), and John Grinder (1940).
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 218
1921 - 1992
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 219
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 220
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 221
1941 - 2012
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 222
1915 - 1983
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 223
1916 - 1965
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 224
1815 - 1902
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 225
1928 - 1974
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 226
1934 - 2017
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 227
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 228
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 229
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 230