1897 - 1962
William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most of his life. A Nobel Prize laureate, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature and is widely considered the greatest writer of Southern literature. Born in New Albany, Mississippi, Faulkner's family moved to Oxford, Mississippi when he was a young child. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Faulkner has received more than 5,080,959 page views. His biography is available in 100 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 99 in 2019). William Faulkner is the 156th most popular writer (down from 143rd in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from United States (down from 109th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Writer.
William Faulkner is most famous for his novel "The Sound and the Fury."
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Among writers, William Faulkner ranks 156 out of 5,794. Before him are Lou Andreas-Salomé, André Breton, Mikhail Bulgakov, Pindar, Novalis, and Janusz Korczak. After him are Ray Bradbury, H. G. Wells, Abu Nuwas, Herman Melville, Elias Canetti, and Murasaki Shikibu.
1861 - 1937
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 150
1896 - 1966
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 151
1891 - 1940
HPI: 80.45
Rank: 152
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 80.45
Rank: 153
1772 - 1801
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 154
1878 - 1942
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 155
1897 - 1962
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 156
1920 - 2012
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 157
1866 - 1946
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 158
762 - 814
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 159
1819 - 1891
HPI: 80.35
Rank: 160
1905 - 1994
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 161
973 - 1014
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 162
Among people born in 1897, William Faulkner ranks 3. Before him are Joseph Goebbels and Pope Paul VI. After him are Amelia Earhart, Irène Joliot-Curie, Anthony Eden, Ivan Konev, Lucky Luciano, Wilhelm Reich, Paavo Nurmi, Ludwig Erhard, and Subhas Chandra Bose. Among people deceased in 1962, William Faulkner ranks 6. Before him are Marilyn Monroe, Niels Bohr, Hermann Hesse, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Adolf Eichmann. After him are Karen Blixen, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Lucky Luciano, Yves Klein, Georges Bataille, and Arthur Compton.
1897 - 1945
HPI: 83.80
Rank: 1
1897 - 1978
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 2
1897 - 1962
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 3
1897 - 1937
HPI: 80.03
Rank: 4
1897 - 1956
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 5
1897 - 1977
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 6
1897 - 1973
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 7
1897 - 1962
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 8
1897 - 1957
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 9
1897 - 1973
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 10
1897 - 1977
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 11
1897 - 1945
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 12
1926 - 1962
HPI: 89.12
Rank: 1
1885 - 1962
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 2
1877 - 1962
HPI: 85.91
Rank: 3
1884 - 1962
HPI: 85.50
Rank: 4
1906 - 1962
HPI: 84.94
Rank: 5
1897 - 1962
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 6
1885 - 1962
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 7
1880 - 1962
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 8
1897 - 1962
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 9
1928 - 1962
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 10
1897 - 1962
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 11
1892 - 1962
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, William Faulkner ranks 128 out of 15,968. Before him are Richard Feynman (1918), John Steinbeck (1902), Carl Rogers (1902), H. P. Lovecraft (1890), Steven Seagal (1952), and Steve McQueen (1930). After him are Ray Bradbury (1920), Robert Redford (1936), Henry Fonda (1905), Grace Kelly (1929), Herman Melville (1819), and Woodrow Wilson (1856).
1918 - 1988
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 122
1902 - 1968
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 123
1902 - 1987
HPI: 80.56
Rank: 124
1890 - 1937
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 125
1952 - Present
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 126
1930 - 1980
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 127
1897 - 1962
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 128
1920 - 2012
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 129
1936 - Present
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 130
1905 - 1982
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 131
1929 - 1982
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 132
1819 - 1891
HPI: 80.35
Rank: 133
1856 - 1924
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 134
Among writers born in United States, William Faulkner ranks 13. Before him are Toni Morrison (1931), Stephen King (1947), Henry David Thoreau (1817), J. D. Salinger (1919), John Steinbeck (1902), and H. P. Lovecraft (1890). After him are Ray Bradbury (1920), Herman Melville (1819), Dale Carnegie (1888), Coen brothers (null), Pearl S. Buck (1892), and Dr. Seuss (1904).
1931 - 2019
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 8
1817 - 1862
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 9
1919 - 2010
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 10
1902 - 1968
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 11
1890 - 1937
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 12
1897 - 1962
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 13
1920 - 2012
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 14
1819 - 1891
HPI: 80.35
Rank: 15
1888 - 1955
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 16
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 17
1892 - 1973
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 18
1904 - 1991
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 19