1837 - 1920
William Dean Howells (; March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Dean Howells has received more than 398,327 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). William Dean Howells is the 4,640th most popular writer (down from 3,965th in 2019), the 6,642nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,434th in 2019) and the 534th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, William Dean Howells ranks 4,640 out of 5,755. Before him are Georg Calixtus, Cynewulf, Erico Verissimo, Jan Kasprowicz, León Felipe, and Marin Sorescu. After him are Katarina Frostenson, Zig Ziglar, Jean Cau, Jan van Beers, Russell Banks, and R. A. Lafferty.
1586 - 1656
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 4,634
900 - 900
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 4,635
1905 - 1975
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 4,636
1860 - 1926
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 4,637
1884 - 1968
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 4,638
1936 - 1996
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 4,639
1837 - 1920
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 4,640
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 4,641
1926 - 2012
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 4,642
1925 - 1993
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 4,643
1821 - 1888
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 4,644
1940 - 2023
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 4,645
1914 - 2002
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 4,646
Among people born in 1837, William Dean Howells ranks 88. Before him are Francis Marrash, Paul Gordan, Wilhelm Kühne, Thomas Moran, Anna Filosofova, and Joseph Schröter. After him are Petre P. Carp, Ralph Copeland, José Burgos, Peter Lesgaft, Carl Koldewey, and Leo Königsberger. Among people deceased in 1920, William Dean Howells ranks 93. Before him are Pier Andrea Saccardo, Otto Bütschli, Aleksey Shakhmatov, Gérard Leman, Robert Harron, and Ion Dragoumis. After him are Théodore Flournoy, Alberto Nepomuceno, Nataliya Kobrynska, Arthur Johnson, Ludwig Ganghofer, and William de Wiveleslie Abney.
1837 - 1873
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 82
1837 - 1912
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 83
1837 - 1900
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 84
1837 - 1926
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 85
1837 - 1912
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 86
1837 - 1894
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 87
1837 - 1920
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 88
1837 - 1919
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 89
1837 - 1905
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 90
1837 - 1872
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 91
1837 - 1909
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 92
1837 - 1908
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 93
1837 - 1921
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 94
1845 - 1920
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 87
1848 - 1920
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 88
1864 - 1920
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 89
1851 - 1920
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 90
1893 - 1920
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 91
1878 - 1920
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 92
1837 - 1920
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 93
1854 - 1920
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 94
1864 - 1920
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 95
1855 - 1920
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 96
1879 - 1920
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 97
1855 - 1920
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 98
1843 - 1920
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 99
Among people born in United States, William Dean Howells ranks 6,642 out of 18,182. Before him are William P. Gottlieb (1917), Paul McCrane (1961), Robert Rubin (1938), Matt Frewer (1958), Jane Pierce (1806), and Corbin Bleu (1989). After him are Jack Lousma (1936), Mark Damon (1933), Theobald Smith (1859), Zig Ziglar (1926), Maynard James Keenan (1964), and Ben McKenzie (1978).
1917 - 2006
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 6,636
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 6,637
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 6,638
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 6,639
1806 - 1863
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 6,640
1989 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 6,641
1837 - 1920
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 6,642
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 6,643
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 6,644
1859 - 1934
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 6,645
1926 - 2012
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 6,646
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 6,647
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 6,648
Among writers born in United States, William Dean Howells ranks 534. Before him are Frank Norris (1870), Judith Krantz (1928), Julie Garwood (1946), Patrick Rothfuss (1973), Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923), and Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863). After him are Zig Ziglar (1926), Russell Banks (1940), R. A. Lafferty (1914), Ann Druyan (1949), Steven Millhauser (1943), and Bill O'Reilly (1949).
1870 - 1902
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 528
1928 - 2019
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 529
1946 - 2023
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 530
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 531
1923 - 1958
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 532
1863 - 1955
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 533
1837 - 1920
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 534
1926 - 2012
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 535
1940 - 2023
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 536
1914 - 2002
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 537
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 538
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 539
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 540