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Henry Louis Gates Jr.

1950 - today

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Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950), popularly known by his childhood nickname "Skip", is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He is a trustee of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. He rediscovered the earliest known African-American novels and has published extensively on the recognition of African-American literature as part of the Western canon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the 2,405th most popular writer (up from 6,918th in 2024), the 3,476th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,916th in 2019) and the 276th most popular American Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Henry Louis Gates Jr. ranks 2,405 out of 7,302. Before him are Vasily Aksyonov, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Akaki Tsereteli, Pascal Bruckner, Zeki Müren, and Noël Coward. After him are Valery Larbaud, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Karl Gutzkow, Gu Yanwu, Abdulah Sidran, and Gabriel Matzneff.

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Vasily Aksyonov
1932 - 2009
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 2,399
Leonora Christina Ulfeldt
1621 - 1698
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 2,400
Akaki Tsereteli
1840 - 1915
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 2,401
Pascal Bruckner
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 2,402
Zeki Müren
1931 - 1996
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 2,403
Noël Coward
1899 - 1973
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 2,404
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 2,405
Valery Larbaud
1881 - 1957
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 2,406
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
1876 - 1945
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 2,407
Karl Gutzkow
1811 - 1878
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 2,408
Gu Yanwu
1613 - 1682
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 2,409
Abdulah Sidran
1944 - 2024
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 2,410
Gabriel Matzneff
1936 - Present
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 2,411

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Henry Louis Gates Jr. ranks 175. Before him are Roger Hodgson, Randy Quaid, Lindsay Duncan, Thorbjørn Jagland, Anton Ondruš, and Andrzej Szarmach. After him are Richard Dannatt, Neil Jordan, Chuck Schumer, Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, Rebbie Jackson, and Mary Hopkin.

Others Born in 1950

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Roger Hodgson
MUSICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 169
Randy Quaid
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 170
Lindsay Duncan
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 171
Thorbjørn Jagland
POLITICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 172
Anton Ondruš
SOCCER PLAYER
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 173
Andrzej Szarmach
SOCCER PLAYER
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 174
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
WRITER
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 175
Richard Dannatt
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 176
Neil Jordan
FILM DIRECTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 177
Chuck Schumer
POLITICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 178
Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
JUDGE
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 179
Rebbie Jackson
SINGER
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 180
Mary Hopkin
SINGER
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 181