1876 - 1938
Zitkála-Šá (Lakota for Red Bird; February 22, 1876 – January 26, 1938), also known by her missionary-given and later married name Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Yankton Dakota writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist. She wrote several works chronicling her struggles with cultural identity and the pull between the majority culture she was educated within and her Dakota culture into which she was born and raised. Her later books were among the first works to bring traditional Native American stories to a widespread white English-speaking readership, and she has been noted as one of the most influential Native American activists of the 20th century. Working with American musician William F. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zitkala-Sa has received more than 1,215,533 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Zitkala-Sa is the 5,051st most popular writer (down from 4,245th in 2019), the 9,014th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,772nd in 2019) and the 695th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Zitkala-Sa ranks 5,051 out of 5,794. Before her are Banjo Paterson, Robert Cormier, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, François Nourissier, Walker Percy, and Thomas Lodge. After her are Amira Hass, Mike Godwin, Katie Couric, Gwendolyn Brooks, Charlotte Mary Yonge, and Michael Chabon.
1864 - 1941
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 5,045
1925 - 2000
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 5,046
1947 - 1995
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 5,047
1927 - 2011
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 5,048
1916 - 1990
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 5,049
1558 - 1625
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 5,050
1876 - 1938
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 5,051
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 5,052
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 5,053
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 5,054
1917 - 2000
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 5,055
1823 - 1901
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 5,056
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 5,057
Among people born in 1876, Zitkala-Sa ranks 157. Before her are Lionel Tertis, Giuseppe De Luca, Harriet Brooks, Gregory Mathews, Con Leahy, and Clara Blandick. After her are Carl Ruggles, James Larkin, James Scullin, William Farnum, Susan Glaspell, and Sol Plaatje. Among people deceased in 1938, Zitkala-Sa ranks 161. Before her are Alma Gluck, John Kunkel Small, Warner Oland, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, Tom Crean, and Andreas Michalakopoulos. After her are Pauline Frederick, Benjamin N. Cardozo, George Lyon, James Weldon Johnson, and Zona Gale.
1876 - 1975
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 151
1876 - 1950
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 152
1876 - 1933
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 153
1876 - 1949
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 154
1876 - 1921
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 155
1876 - 1962
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 156
1876 - 1938
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 157
1876 - 1971
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 158
1876 - 1947
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 159
1876 - 1953
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 160
1876 - 1953
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 161
1876 - 1948
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 162
1876 - 1932
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 163
1884 - 1938
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 155
1869 - 1938
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 156
1879 - 1938
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 157
1868 - 1938
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 158
1877 - 1938
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 159
1875 - 1938
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 160
1876 - 1938
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 161
1883 - 1938
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 162
1870 - 1938
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 163
1858 - 1938
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 164
1871 - 1938
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 165
1874 - 1938
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 166
Among people born in United States, Zitkala-Sa ranks 9,014 out of 15,968. Before her are Nelly (1974), Jim Hall (1935), Eddie Cahill (1978), Anikka Albrite (1988), Buck Owens (1929), and Joe E. Brown (1891). After her are C. I. Lewis (1883), Roberta Williams (1953), Chuck Liddell (1969), Mike Godwin (1956), Jerry Trainor (1977), and Adrian Pasdar (1965).
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 9,008
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 9,009
1978 - Present
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 9,010
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 9,011
1929 - 2006
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 9,012
1891 - 1973
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 9,013
1876 - 1938
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 9,014
1883 - 1964
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 9,015
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 9,016
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 9,017
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 9,018
1977 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 9,019
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 9,020
Among writers born in United States, Zitkala-Sa ranks 695. Before her are Theodore Roethke (1908), Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Veronica Roth (1988), Tony Kushner (1956), Robert Cormier (1925), and Walker Percy (1916). After her are Mike Godwin (1956), Katie Couric (1957), Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Michael Chabon (1963), Richelle Mead (1976), and W. S. Merwin (1927).
1908 - 1963
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 689
1905 - 1982
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 690
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 691
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 692
1925 - 2000
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 693
1916 - 1990
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 694
1876 - 1938
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 695
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 696
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 697
1917 - 2000
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 698
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 699
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 700
1927 - 2019
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 701