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Dr. Seuss

1904 - 1991

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Theodor Seuss Geisel ( sooss GHY-zəl, zoyss -⁠; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American children's author, illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss ( sooss, zooss). His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dr. Seuss is the 142nd most popular writer (up from 145th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from United States (up from 125th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Writer.

Dr. Seuss is most famous for his children's books, such as "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dr. Seuss ranks 142 out of 7,302. Before him are August Strindberg, Charles Bukowski, Jonathan Swift, Paul Verlaine, Lewis Carroll, and Boris Pasternak. After him are Yukio Mishima, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Cato the Elder, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Vladimir Nabokov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Dr. Seuss ranks 6. Before him are J. Robert Oppenheimer, Salvador Dalí, Deng Xiaoping, Pablo Neruda, and Reinhard Heydrich. After him are Umberto II of Italy, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Cary Grant, Jean Gabin, Wendell Meredith Stanley, and B. F. Skinner. Among people deceased in 1991, Dr. Seuss ranks 5. Before him are Freddie Mercury, Olav V of Norway, Vasily Zaitsev, and Edwin McMillan. After him are Isaac Bashevis Singer, Serge Gainsbourg, Carl David Anderson, Yves Montand, Klaus Barbie, Klaus Kinski, and Gustáv Husák.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dr. Seuss ranks 123 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Manson (1934), Grace Hopper (1906), Herbert A. Simon (1916), Raymond Davis Jr. (1914), Nicolas Cage (1964), and Debbie Reynolds (1932). After him are Paul Newman (1925), Woodrow Wilson (1856), Gerald Ford (1913), Charles Bronson (1921), D. W. Griffith (1875), and Isadora Duncan (1877).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Dr. Seuss ranks 16. Before him are Kurt Vonnegut (1922), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Jack London (1876), Stephen King (1947), and Ezra Pound (1885). After him are Henry David Thoreau (1817), H. P. Lovecraft (1890), William Faulkner (1897), John Steinbeck (1902), David Woodard (1964), and Pearl S. Buck (1892).

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