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Vachel Lindsay

1879 - 1931

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Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (; November 10, 1879 – December 5, 1931) was an American poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vachel Lindsay has received more than 324,409 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Vachel Lindsay is the 5,962nd most popular writer (down from 5,350th in 2019), the 11,888th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,953rd in 2019) and the 888th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vachel Lindsay ranks 5,962 out of 5,755Before him are Alexandre del Valle, Georgi Gospodinov, Jane Smiley, Pippa Middleton, Jakob Jakobsen, and Nayantara Sahgal. After him are Javier Valdez Cárdenas, William Kennedy, N. K. Jemisin, Ann-Marie MacDonald, N. Scott Momaday, and Gilles Leroy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Vachel Lindsay ranks 235Before him are Otto Fickeisen, Kathlyn Williams, James Branch Cabell, Björn Þórðarson, Lucy Burns, and King Baggot. After him are Harry A. Pollard, Miles Franklin, and Otto Wahle. Among people deceased in 1931, Vachel Lindsay ranks 137Before him are John Monash, Frank Harris, Alma Rubens, George Whitefield Chadwick, Tom Roberts, and Robert Edeson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vachel Lindsay ranks 11,888 out of 18,182Before him are Al Joyner (1960), Ben Alexander (1911), Austin Stowell (1984), Jason Gould (1966), Bud Jamison (1894), and Anne Jeffreys (1923). After him are Alyson Reed (1958), Bob Wills (1905), Kathleen Hanna (1968), Bill Macy (1922), Nancy Dupree (1927), and Lowell Thomas (1892).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Vachel Lindsay ranks 888Before him are Stanley Kunitz (1905), Leslie Feinberg (1949), Joel Surnow (1955), Ogden Nash (1902), Lionel Shriver (1957), and Jane Smiley (1949). After him are William Kennedy (1928), N. K. Jemisin (1972), N. Scott Momaday (1934), Deborah Feldman (1986), Anna Todd (1989), and Russell Hoban (1925).