Writer
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 - 1849
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Edgar Allan Poe
His biography is available in 148 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 143 in 2024). Edgar Allan Poe is the 7th most popular writer (down from 5th in 2024), the 9th most popular biography from United States (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular American Writer.
Edgar Allan Poe is most famous for his poem "The Raven" and for writing horror stories.
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Among Writers
Among writers, Edgar Allan Poe ranks 7 out of 7,302. Before him are Homer, Fyodor Dostoevsky, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and J. R. R. Tolkien. After him are Hans Christian Andersen, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Victor Hugo, Voltaire, and James Joyce.
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Homer
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 95.41
Rank: 1
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821 - 1881
HPI: 93.20
Rank: 2
William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
HPI: 92.59
Rank: 3
Dante Alighieri
1265 - 1321
HPI: 92.13
Rank: 4
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749 - 1832
HPI: 90.96
Rank: 5
J. R. R. Tolkien
1892 - 1973
HPI: 90.69
Rank: 6
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 - 1849
HPI: 90.35
Rank: 7
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.14
Rank: 8
Leo Tolstoy
1828 - 1910
HPI: 89.82
Rank: 9
Franz Kafka
1883 - 1924
HPI: 89.62
Rank: 10
Victor Hugo
1802 - 1885
HPI: 89.52
Rank: 11
Voltaire
1694 - 1778
HPI: 89.44
Rank: 12
James Joyce
1882 - 1941
HPI: 89.38
Rank: 13
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1809, Edgar Allan Poe ranks 2. Before him is Charles Darwin. After him are Abraham Lincoln, Felix Mendelssohn, Nikolai Gogol, William Ewart Gladstone, Louis Braille, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Bruno Bauer, and Joseph Liouville. Among people deceased in 1849, Edgar Allan Poe ranks 2. Before him is Frédéric Chopin. After him are James K. Polk, Hokusai, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Johann Strauss I, Anne Brontë, William II of the Netherlands, Sándor Petőfi, France Prešeren, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, and Charles Albert of Sardinia.
Others Born in 1809
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Charles Darwin
BIOLOGIST
1809 - 1882
HPI: 91.48
Rank: 1
Edgar Allan Poe
WRITER
1809 - 1849
HPI: 90.35
Rank: 2
Abraham Lincoln
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1865
HPI: 87.87
Rank: 3
Felix Mendelssohn
COMPOSER
1809 - 1847
HPI: 83.51
Rank: 4
Nikolai Gogol
WRITER
1809 - 1852
HPI: 82.82
Rank: 5
William Ewart Gladstone
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1898
HPI: 82.36
Rank: 6
Louis Braille
INVENTOR
1809 - 1852
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 7
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
PHILOSOPHER
1809 - 1865
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 8
Georges-Eugène Haussmann
ARCHITECT
1809 - 1891
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 9
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
WRITER
1809 - 1894
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 10
Bruno Bauer
PHILOSOPHER
1809 - 1882
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 11
Joseph Liouville
MATHEMATICIAN
1809 - 1882
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1849
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Frédéric Chopin
COMPOSER
1810 - 1849
HPI: 92.48
Rank: 1
Edgar Allan Poe
WRITER
1809 - 1849
HPI: 90.35
Rank: 2
James K. Polk
POLITICIAN
1795 - 1849
HPI: 87.82
Rank: 3
Hokusai
ARTIST
1760 - 1849
HPI: 84.61
Rank: 4
Muhammad Ali of Egypt
POLITICIAN
1769 - 1849
HPI: 81.97
Rank: 5
Johann Strauss I
COMPOSER
1804 - 1849
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 6
Anne Brontë
WRITER
1820 - 1849
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 7
William II of the Netherlands
POLITICIAN
1792 - 1849
HPI: 74.18
Rank: 8
Sándor Petőfi
WRITER
1823 - 1849
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 9
France Prešeren
WRITER
1800 - 1849
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 10
Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
CHEMIST
1780 - 1849
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 11
Charles Albert of Sardinia
POLITICIAN
1798 - 1849
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 12
In United States
Among people born in United States, Edgar Allan Poe ranks 9 out of NaN. Before him are Thomas Jefferson (1743), Martin Luther King Jr. (1929), Thomas Edison (1847), J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904), Muhammad Ali (1942), and Andrew Jackson (1767). After him are Pope Leo XIV (1955), William McKinley (1843), Al Pacino (1940), Sylvester Stallone (1946), Clint Eastwood (1930), and Ulysses S. Grant (1822).
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Thomas Jefferson
POLITICIAN
1743 - 1826
HPI: 93.18
Rank: 3
Martin Luther King Jr.
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1929 - 1968
HPI: 92.49
Rank: 4
Thomas Edison
INVENTOR
1847 - 1931
HPI: 91.65
Rank: 5
J. Robert Oppenheimer
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1967
HPI: 90.85
Rank: 6
Muhammad Ali
BOXER
1942 - 2016
HPI: 90.72
Rank: 7
Andrew Jackson
POLITICIAN
1767 - 1845
HPI: 90.45
Rank: 8
Edgar Allan Poe
WRITER
1809 - 1849
HPI: 90.35
Rank: 9
Pope Leo XIV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1955 - Present
HPI: 89.52
Rank: 10
William McKinley
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1901
HPI: 89.29
Rank: 11
Al Pacino
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 89.27
Rank: 12
Sylvester Stallone
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 89.20
Rank: 13
Clint Eastwood
ACTOR
1930 - Present
HPI: 89.20
Rank: 14
Ulysses S. Grant
POLITICIAN
1822 - 1885
HPI: 89.19
Rank: 15
Among Writers In United States
Among writers born in United States, Edgar Allan Poe ranks 1. After him are T. S. Eliot (1888), Emily Dickinson (1830), Ernest Hemingway (1899), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), Mark Twain (1835), Robert Frost (1874), Toni Morrison (1931), George R. R. Martin (1948), Kurt Vonnegut (1922), Louisa May Alcott (1832), and Ursula K. Le Guin (1929).
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 - 1849
HPI: 90.35
Rank: 1
T. S. Eliot
1888 - 1965
HPI: 87.25
Rank: 2
Emily Dickinson
1830 - 1886
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 3
Ernest Hemingway
1899 - 1961
HPI: 84.99
Rank: 4
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1896 - 1940
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 5
Mark Twain
1835 - 1910
HPI: 83.94
Rank: 6
Robert Frost
1874 - 1963
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 7
Toni Morrison
1931 - 2019
HPI: 82.91
Rank: 8
George R. R. Martin
1948 - Present
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 9
Kurt Vonnegut
1922 - 2007
HPI: 82.15
Rank: 10
Louisa May Alcott
1832 - 1888
HPI: 81.95
Rank: 11
Ursula K. Le Guin
1929 - 2018
HPI: 81.89
Rank: 12
