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Upton Sinclair

1878 - 1968

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Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American author, muckraker, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Upton Sinclair has received more than 4,207,974 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Upton Sinclair is the 1,671st most popular writer (down from 1,510th in 2019), the 2,086th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,946th in 2019) and the 181st most popular American Writer.

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  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Upton Sinclair ranks 1,671 out of 7,302. Before him are Gampopa, Nicander, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Martin Opitz, Edward Lear, and Quintus Smyrnaeus. After him are Martin Walser, Barbara Cartland, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Konstantin Paustovsky, Basil Valentine, and Jules Romains.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Upton Sinclair ranks 55. Before him are Eino Leino, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Boris Kustodiev, Manuel L. Quezon, Paul Pelliot, and Princess Isabelle of Orléans. After him are Hans Ledwinka, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Alfréd Hajós, Jack Johnson, and Lionel Barrymore. Among people deceased in 1968, Upton Sinclair ranks 54. Before him are John Heartfield, Fedor Tokarev, Jean Hyppolite, István Dobi, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, and Franz Pfeffer von Salomon. After him are Konstantin Paustovsky, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Nikolay Voronov, Hans F. K. Günther, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, and Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Upton Sinclair ranks 2,086 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Rudd (1969), Donald Glover (1983), Veronica Lake (1922), William Petersen (1953), William C. Durant (1861), and Richard Pryor (1940). After him are Jennifer Lawrence (1990), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), Garry Marshall (1934), Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Don Walsh (1931), and Jermaine Jackson (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Upton Sinclair ranks 181. Before him are Philip José Farmer (1918), Alice Walker (1944), Gore Vidal (1925), Ira Levin (1929), Martin Gardner (1914), and Theodore Sturgeon (1918). After him are Fredric Jameson (1934), R. L. Stine (1943), Bernard Malamud (1914), Lewis Mumford (1895), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), and E. E. Cummings (1894).

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