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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

1850 - 1919

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 – October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her works include the collection Poems of Passion and the poem "Solitude", which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone." Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ella Wheeler Wilcox is the 6,011th most popular writer (down from 5,814th in 2019), the 10,262nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,065th in 2019) and the 746th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Ella Wheeler Wilcox ranks 6,011 out of 7,302. Before her are Jiang Rong, Qaysin Quli, Harry Turtledove, Walker Percy, Alexander Afinogenov, and Thomas Heywood. After her are Marie Pujmanová, Jean Rouaud, Carol Shields, Marilyn Ferguson, François Nourissier, and Steven Saylor.

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Among people born in 1850, Ella Wheeler Wilcox ranks 117. Before her are John Milne, William H. Welch, Yelena Polenova, Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau, Hans von Pechmann, and Georg Naue. After her are Henry Cabot Lodge, Samuel Gompers, Lawrence Hargrave, and Fanny Hesse. Among people deceased in 1919, Ella Wheeler Wilcox ranks 151. Before her are Henry Clay Frick, William Michael Rossetti, Huseyn Arablinski, Hermann Lietz, Theo de Meester, and Horatio Parker. After her are J. Alden Weir, George Eyser, John Aitken, Abraham Jacobi, Phoebe Hearst, and Anna Howard Shaw.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ella Wheeler Wilcox ranks 10,264 out of 20,380. Before her are Walker Percy (1916), Grant Heslov (1963), Danny Masterson (1976), Josiah McCracken (1874), P. P. Arnold (1946), and Steve Jablonsky (1970). After her are Anne Gwynne (1918), Mamie Till (1921), Megan Mullally (1958), Robert Keith (1898), Pamela Melroy (1961), and Rakim (1968).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ella Wheeler Wilcox ranks 746. Before her are John Perry Barlow (1947), Jenna Bush Hager (1981), Nella Larsen (1891), Howard Ashman (1950), Harry Turtledove (1949), and Walker Percy (1916). After her are Carol Shields (1935), Marilyn Ferguson (1938), Steven Saylor (1956), Tara Westover (1986), Tom Brokaw (1940), and Henry Jenkins (1958).

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