1888 - 1965
Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Considered one of the 20th century's major poets, he is a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry. Born in St. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of T. S. Eliot has received more than 5,554,837 page views. His biography is available in 101 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). T. S. Eliot is the 464th most popular writer (up from 608th in 2019), the 471st most popular biography from United States (up from 592nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Writer.
T.S. Eliot is most famous for his poem "The Waste Land."
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Among writers, T. S. Eliot ranks 464 out of 5,794. Before him are Harold Pinter, Tulsidas, Wu Cheng'en, Thomas Paine, Statius, and J. M. G. Le Clézio. After him are Valmiki, Theodore Dreiser, Louis Aragon, Paula Hitler, Susan Sontag, and Tennessee Williams.
1930 - 2008
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 458
1532 - 1623
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 459
1500 - 1582
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 460
1737 - 1809
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 461
40 - 96
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 462
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 463
1888 - 1965
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 464
80 BC - 2 BC
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 465
1871 - 1945
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 466
1897 - 1982
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 467
1896 - 1960
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 468
1933 - 2004
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 469
1911 - 1983
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 470
Among people born in 1888, T. S. Eliot ranks 17. Before him are José Raúl Capablanca, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Nestor Makhno, Raymond Chandler, Jean Monnet, and C. V. Raman. After him are Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Gerrit Rietveld, F. W. Murnau, Friedrich Fromm, Johannes Itten, and Roland Garros. Among people deceased in 1965, T. S. Eliot ranks 11. Before him are Syngman Rhee, Martin Buber, W. Somerset Maugham, Stan Laurel, Farouk of Egypt, and Eli Cohen. After him are Nat King Cole, Moshe Sharett, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Louise Mountbatten, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, and Hermann Staudinger.
1888 - 1942
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 11
1888 - 1970
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 12
1888 - 1934
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 13
1888 - 1959
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 14
1888 - 1979
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 15
1888 - 1970
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 16
1888 - 1965
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 17
1888 - 1964
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 18
1888 - 1964
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 19
1888 - 1931
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 20
1888 - 1945
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 21
1888 - 1967
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 22
1888 - 1918
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 23
1875 - 1965
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 5
1878 - 1965
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 6
1874 - 1965
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 7
1890 - 1965
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 8
1920 - 1965
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 9
1924 - 1965
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 10
1888 - 1965
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 11
1919 - 1965
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 12
1894 - 1965
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 13
1901 - 1965
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 14
1889 - 1965
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 15
1876 - 1965
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 16
1881 - 1965
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 17
Among people born in United States, T. S. Eliot ranks 471 out of 15,968. Before him are Milton H. Erickson (1901), Roy Scheider (1932), Mickey Rourke (1952), Barbara McClintock (1902), Ernest Lawrence (1901), and Edward Drinker Cope (1840). After him are John Cazale (1935), Paul Tibbets (1915), Theodore Dreiser (1871), Faye Dunaway (1941), Sarah Palin (1964), and John Bardeen (1908).
1901 - 1980
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 465
1932 - 2008
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 466
1952 - Present
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 467
1902 - 1992
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 468
1901 - 1958
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 469
1840 - 1897
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 470
1888 - 1965
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 471
1935 - 1978
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 472
1915 - 2007
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 473
1871 - 1945
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 474
1941 - Present
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 475
1964 - Present
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 476
1908 - 1991
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 477
Among writers born in United States, T. S. Eliot ranks 50. Before him are Kurt Vonnegut (1922), Sylvia Plath (1932), Tom Clancy (1947), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), William S. Burroughs (1914), and Louisa May Alcott (1832). After him are Theodore Dreiser (1871), Susan Sontag (1933), Tennessee Williams (1911), Sidney Sheldon (1917), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), and Washington Irving (1783).
1922 - 2007
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 44
1932 - 1963
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 45
1947 - 2013
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 46
1875 - 1950
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 47
1914 - 1997
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 48
1832 - 1888
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 49
1888 - 1965
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 50
1871 - 1945
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 51
1933 - 2004
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 52
1911 - 1983
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 53
1917 - 2007
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 54
1927 - 2020
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 55
1783 - 1859
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 56