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James Baldwin

1924 - 1987

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James Arthur Baldwin (né Jones; August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems. His 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain has been ranked by Time magazine as one of the top 100 English-language novels. His 1955 essay collection Notes of a Native Son helped establish his reputation as a voice for human equality. Baldwin was an influential public figure and orator, especially during the civil rights movement in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Baldwin is the 1,404th most popular writer (down from 575th in 2019), the 2,036th most popular biography from United States (down from 592nd in 2019) and the 163rd most popular American Writer.

James Baldwin is most famous for his novels Go Tell It on the Mountain and The Fire Next Time.

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Among writers, James Baldwin ranks 1,404 out of 7,302. Before him are Mavro Orbini, Bulat Okudzhava, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Elsa Triolet, Ko Un, and Rosika Schwimmer. After him are Cees Nooteboom, Roland Topor, Hartmann Schedel, Machado de Assis, Sergey Mikhalkov, and Ihara Saikaku.

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Among people born in 1924, James Baldwin ranks 87. Before him are David Bronstein, Kenneth Waltz, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Roza Shanina, Sverre Fehn, and Bulat Okudzhava. After him are Hermann Buhl, Claude Sautet, Milka Planinc, Leonid Kogan, Dorothy Malone, and Rudolf Vrba. Among people deceased in 1987, James Baldwin ranks 41. Before him are André Masson, Jacqueline du Pré, Peter Tosh, Yasuo Haruyama, Jaco Pastorius, and Erskine Caldwell. After him are Gretl Braun, Yakov Zeldovich, Rouben Mamoulian, Douglas Sirk, Américo Tomás, and James Tiptree Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Baldwin ranks 2,036 out of 20,380. Before him are Sean Lennon (1975), Ed Lauter (1938), Don Ameche (1908), Anna Nicole Smith (1967), George W. De Long (1844), and Sidney Bechet (1897). After him are Spiro Agnew (1918), Peter Bogdanovich (1939), Adam Scott (1973), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), Fats Domino (1928), and Charlie Murphy (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Baldwin ranks 163. Before him are Fredric Brown (1906), Norman Mailer (1923), Harry Harrison (1925), James Patterson (1947), Erskine Caldwell (1903), and Clive Cussler (1931). After him are William Styron (1925), Poul Anderson (1926), Alice Walker (1944), J. Michael Straczynski (1954), Dan Simmons (1948), and James Tiptree Jr. (1915).

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