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Helen Gurley Brown

1922 - 2012

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Helen Gurley Brown (née Helen Marie Gurley; February 18, 1922 – August 13, 2012) was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helen Gurley Brown is the 6,350th most popular writer (up from 6,434th in 2019), the 11,746th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,993rd in 2019) and the 852nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Helen Gurley Brown ranks 6,350 out of 7,302. Before her are Cynthia Ozick, Ramon Solsona i Sancho, Gregory S. Paul, Thomas Beatie, Róža Domašcyna, and Robert Hughes. After her are Reki Kawahara, Gregory Maguire, Jakob Jakobsen, Mikael Niemi, Isaac D'Israeli, and Jonathan Rosenbaum.

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Among people born in 1922, Helen Gurley Brown ranks 426. Before her are Les Baxter, Jose W. Diokno, Jesús Iglesias, Ivor Broadis, Joan Copeland, and Redd Foxx. After her are Herbert MacKay-Fraser, Derek J. de Solla Price, John B. Anderson, Billy Liddell, Dick King-Smith, and Johnny Thomson. Among people deceased in 2012, Helen Gurley Brown ranks 448. Before her are John Tchicai, Adam Yauch, Keith Gardner, Barry Unsworth, Les Leston, and Robert Hughes. After her are Dirk Bach, Mike Kelley, Arthur Jensen, Philippe Bugalski, Reginald Hill, and Eduard Ivanov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Gurley Brown ranks 11,748 out of 20,380. Before her are Cleve Moler (1939), G Hannelius (1998), Ken Page (1954), Maya Lin (1959), Horace Grant (1965), and Peyton Reed (1964). After her are Marceline Day (1908), Jules Feiffer (1929), Dave Coulier (1959), Jimmy Bryan (1926), Michael Pitt (1981), and Perry Farrell (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Helen Gurley Brown ranks 852. Before her are Ellen Glasgow (1873), George Alec Effinger (1947), Alvah Bessie (1904), Cynthia Ozick (1928), Gregory S. Paul (1954), and Thomas Beatie (1974). After her are Gregory Maguire (1954), Jonathan Rosenbaum (1943), Tristan Taormino (1971), Richard Price (1949), Charles Olson (1910), and S. E. Hinton (1948).

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