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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 writer, muckraker, 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 3,952,659 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Upton Sinclair is the 1,513th most popular writer (up from 1,611th in 2019), the 1,947th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,000th in 2019) and the 181st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Upton Sinclair ranks 1,513 out of 5,755. Before him are Władysław Tarnowski, Mário de Andrade, Herbjørg Wassmo, Lee Child, Otfried Preußler, and Ahmed Shawqi. After him are Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ion Luca Caragiale, Jules de Goncourt, Usama ibn Munqidh, Jean-Jacques Ampère, and Andal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Upton Sinclair ranks 52. Before him are Boris Kustodiev, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Milan Hodža, Sadriddin Ayni, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, and Abdelaziz of Morocco. After him are Paul Pelliot, Wallace Hartley, Stephen Timoshenko, Franz Schreker, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and C. Rajagopalachari. Among people deceased in 1968, Upton Sinclair ranks 48. Before him are Howard Florey, Georgios Papandreou, Husband E. Kimmel, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Arnold Zweig, and Giovannino Guareschi. After him are John Heartfield, Leopold Infeld, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Tivadar Soros, Rezső Seress, and Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Upton Sinclair ranks 1,947 out of 18,182. Before him are Frank Zane (1942), Sam Elliott (1944), Alexander Shulgin (1925), Garry Marshall (1934), Jessica Chastain (1977), and John O'Keefe (1939). After him are Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), Griffin Dunne (1955), Thomas J. Watson (1874), Richard Brooks (1912), Hubert Humphrey (1911), and Burt Bacharach (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Upton Sinclair ranks 181. Before him are Jack Vance (1916), William Carlos Williams (1883), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Nicholas Sparks (1965), Gore Vidal (1925), and David Woodard (1964). After him are Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), Elizabeth George (1949), Wayne Dyer (1940), Lewis Mumford (1895), Elizabeth Bishop (1911), and Alice Walker (1944).

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