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Isabel Briggs Myers

1897 - 1980

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Isabel Briggs Myers (born Isabel Briggs; October 18, 1897 – May 5, 1980) was an American writer who co-created the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) with her mother, Katharine Cook Briggs. The MBTI is one of the most-often used personality tests worldwide; over two million people complete the questionnaire each year. Isabel Briggs Myers typed herself as an INFP (Mediator). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isabel Briggs Myers is the 5,012th most popular writer (up from 5,435th in 2019), the 7,600th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,040th in 2019) and the 570th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Isabel Briggs Myers ranks 5,012 out of 7,302. Before her are Viivi Luik, Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Archpoet, Mikalojus Daukša, León Felipe, and Ælfric of Eynsham. After her are Dmitry Furmanov, Rod Serling, Jan Kasprowicz, Jean Cayrol, Jean Aicard, and Edmund Wilson.

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Among people born in 1897, Isabel Briggs Myers ranks 243. Before her are Pixinguinha, Ossi Oswalda, Sabino Bilbao, Choʻlpon, Gregorio Fuentes, and Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer. After her are Nils Asther, Dorothy Arzner, Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, Émile Albrecht, Louis Wirth, and Bert Schneider. Among people deceased in 1980, Isabel Briggs Myers ranks 230. Before her are Victor Sen Yung, Enrique Hertzog, Héctor Socorro, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Anna Jantar, and László Szollás. After her are Uttam Kumar, Willi Forst, Nils Skoglund, Marin Preda, Adolph Deutsch, and Nikos Xilouris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Isabel Briggs Myers ranks 7,602 out of 20,380. Before her are Washington Allston (1779), Lucy Stone (1818), Gregory La Cava (1892), Harry Porter (1882), Robert Parrish (1916), and Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967). After her are Alice Kober (1906), Rod Serling (1924), Janis Paige (1922), Francis Spellman (1889), Ruby Bridges (1954), and Daniel J. Boorstin (1914).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Isabel Briggs Myers ranks 570. Before her are Carrie Nation (1846), Robert Lowell (1917), Jack Finney (1911), Robert B. Parker (1932), William Dean Howells (1837), and John O'Hara (1905). After her are Rod Serling (1924), Edmund Wilson (1895), Louella Parsons (1881), Frank Norris (1870), George Washington Williams (1849), and Rita Mae Brown (1944).

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