1866 - 1912
Voltairine de Cleyre (November 17, 1866 – June 20, 1912) was an American anarchist known for being a prolific writer and speaker who opposed capitalism, marriage, and the state, as well as the domination of religion over sexuality and over women's lives, all of which she saw as interconnected. She is often characterized as a major early feminist because of her views. Born and raised in small towns in Michigan and schooled in a Sarnia, Ontario, Catholic convent, de Cleyre began her activist career in the freethought movement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Voltairine de Cleyre has received more than 306,651 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Voltairine de Cleyre is the 1,699th most popular writer (up from 1,894th in 2019), the 2,212th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,376th in 2019) and the 201st most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Voltairine de Cleyre ranks 1,699 out of 5,755. Before her are François Pierre La Varenne, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Manuel Puig, John Gay, and Adamantios Korais. After her are Joseph Addison, Masaoka Shiki, Elsa Beskow, Akiyuki Nosaka, Emilia Pardo Bazán, and Namık Kemal.
1618 - 1678
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,693
400 - 400
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,694
1819 - 1887
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,695
1932 - 1990
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,696
1685 - 1732
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,697
1748 - 1833
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,698
1866 - 1912
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,699
1672 - 1719
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,700
1867 - 1902
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,701
1874 - 1953
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,702
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,703
1851 - 1921
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,704
1840 - 1888
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,705
Among people born in 1866, Voltairine de Cleyre ranks 43. Before her are La Goulue, Ambroise Vollard, Reginald Fessenden, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, and Vasily Kalinnikov. After her are Adrien de Gerlache, Alikhan Bukeikhanov, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Emile Vandervelde, Ramon Casas, and Princess Viktoria of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1912, Voltairine de Cleyre ranks 42. Before her are Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Wallace Hartley, Nicholas of Japan, Mykola Lysenko, Isidor Straus, and Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia. After her are Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, Eduard Strasburger, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, Infanta María Teresa of Spain, Georg Heym, and Julius Maggi.
1866 - 1929
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 37
1866 - 1939
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 38
1866 - 1932
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 39
1866 - 1936
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 40
1866 - 1941
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 41
1866 - 1900
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 42
1866 - 1912
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 43
1866 - 1934
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 44
1866 - 1937
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 45
1866 - 1926
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 46
1866 - 1938
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 47
1866 - 1932
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 48
1866 - 1929
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 49
1838 - 1912
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 36
1878 - 1912
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 37
1836 - 1912
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 38
1842 - 1912
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 39
1845 - 1912
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 40
1854 - 1912
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 41
1866 - 1912
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 42
1865 - 1912
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 43
1844 - 1912
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 44
1878 - 1912
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 45
1882 - 1912
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 46
1887 - 1912
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 47
1846 - 1912
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 48
Among people born in United States, Voltairine de Cleyre ranks 2,212 out of 18,182. Before her are Thomas Tew (1649), Bill Finger (1914), Matt Dillon (1964), Wayne Shorter (1933), Henry A. Wallace (1888), and Katey Sagal (1954). After her are Judd Hirsch (1935), Chazz Palminteri (1952), Bill Conti (1942), Charles Dow (1851), Ben Johnson (1918), and John Frusciante (1970).
1649 - 1695
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 2,206
1914 - 1974
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 2,207
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 2,208
1933 - 2023
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 2,209
1888 - 1965
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 2,210
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 2,211
1866 - 1912
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 2,212
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 2,213
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 2,214
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 2,215
1851 - 1902
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 2,216
1918 - 1996
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 2,217
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 2,218
Among writers born in United States, Voltairine de Cleyre ranks 201. Before her are Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), Eric Carle (1929), Terry Brooks (1944), E. E. Cummings (1894), Richard Brautigan (1935), and Langston Hughes (1902). After her are Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Frank McCourt (1930), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), E. Howard Hunt (1918), Patricia Cornwell (1956), and Raymond E. Feist (1945).
1854 - 1921
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 195
1929 - 2021
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 196
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 197
1894 - 1962
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 198
1935 - 1984
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 199
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 200
1866 - 1912
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 201
1893 - 1961
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 202
1930 - 2009
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 203
1919 - 2021
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 204
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 205
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 206
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 207