1883 - 1963
William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet, writer, and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. In addition to writing, Williams was a physician practicing both pediatrics and general medicine. He was affiliated with Passaic General Hospital, where he served as the hospital's chief of pediatrics from 1924 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Carlos Williams has received more than 1,419,842 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. William Carlos Williams is the 1,481st most popular writer (down from 1,122nd in 2019), the 1,881st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,290th in 2019) and the 176th most popular American Writer.
Williams is most famous for his poetry and his novels. He was also a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Among writers, William Carlos Williams ranks 1,481 out of 5,755. Before him are Ion Creangă, Jack Vance, Ildefonsus, Károly Kerényi, Akka Mahadevi, and Gunnar Gunnarsson. After him are Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Michel Verne, Maria Valtorta, Hugo Claus, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry.
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 1,475
1916 - 2013
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,476
607 - 667
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,477
1897 - 1973
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,478
1130 - 1101
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,479
1889 - 1975
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,480
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,481
1758 - 1838
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,482
1861 - 1925
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,483
1897 - 1961
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 1,484
1929 - 2008
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 1,485
1889 - 1970
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 1,486
1901 - 1979
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 1,487
Among people born in 1883, William Carlos Williams ranks 68. Before him are Prince Konrad of Bavaria, Mauritz Stiller, Gusztáv Jány, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Fritz Gerlich, and Lauri Kristian Relander. After him are Alfredo Casella, Ernest Ansermet, Ichirō Hatoyama, Ivan Ilyin, Karl von Terzaghi, and Bogdan Filov. Among people deceased in 1963, William Carlos Williams ranks 42. Before him are Pedro Armendáriz, Karl Bühler, Piero Manzoni, William Beveridge, Alois Hudal, and Princess Alexandra of Hanover. After him are W. E. B. Du Bois, Sivananda Saraswati, Eduard Spranger, Karl von Terzaghi, Remedios Varo, and Sylvanus Olympio.
1883 - 1969
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 62
1883 - 1928
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 63
1883 - 1947
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 64
1883 - 1950
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 65
1883 - 1934
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 66
1883 - 1942
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 67
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 68
1883 - 1947
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 69
1883 - 1969
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 70
1883 - 1959
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 71
1883 - 1954
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 72
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 73
1883 - 1945
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 74
1912 - 1963
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 36
1879 - 1963
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 37
1933 - 1963
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 38
1879 - 1963
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 39
1885 - 1963
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 40
1882 - 1963
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 41
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 42
1868 - 1963
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 43
1887 - 1963
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 44
1882 - 1963
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 45
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 46
1908 - 1963
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 47
1902 - 1963
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 48
Among people born in United States, William Carlos Williams ranks 1,881 out of 18,182. Before him are Pontiac (1714), Ray Conniff (1916), Larry Scott (1938), Olympia Dukakis (1931), Aaron Spelling (1923), and George Strait (1952). After him are Jonathan Edwards (1703), Lee Grant (1927), Paul Schrader (1946), John Hancock (1737), Dick York (1928), and John Mauchly (1907).
1714 - 1769
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,875
1916 - 2002
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,876
1938 - 2014
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,877
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,878
1923 - 2006
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,879
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,880
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,881
1703 - 1758
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,882
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,883
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,884
1737 - 1793
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,885
1928 - 1992
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,886
1907 - 1980
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,887
Among writers born in United States, William Carlos Williams ranks 176. Before him are Ira Levin (1929), Dorothy Parker (1893), Tom Wolfe (1930), Rick Riordan (1964), Philip José Farmer (1918), and Jack Vance (1916). After him are Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Nicholas Sparks (1965), Gore Vidal (1925), David Woodard (1964), Upton Sinclair (1878), and Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930).
1929 - 2007
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 170
1893 - 1967
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 171
1930 - 2018
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 172
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 173
1918 - 2009
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 174
1916 - 2013
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 175
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 176
1889 - 1970
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 177
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 178
1925 - 2012
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 179
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 180
1878 - 1968
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 181
1930 - 1999
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 182