WRITER

James Tiptree Jr.

1915 - 1987

James Tiptree Jr.

Alice Bradley Sheldon, better known as James Tiptree Jr. (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987), was an American science fiction and fantasy author. It was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree Jr. was a pen name of a woman, which she used from 1967 until her death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Tiptree Jr. is the 1,482nd most popular writer (up from 3,600th in 2019), the 2,158th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,623rd in 2019) and the 169th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Tiptree Jr. ranks 1,482 out of 7,302. Before her are Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Claudio Magris, Cratinus, Luís Fróis, Joseph Bédier, and Anna de Noailles. After her are Henrik Wergeland, Joseph Addison, Alistair MacLean, Martin Gardner, Maj Sjöwall, and Winifred Wagner.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon
1675 - 1755
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 1,476
Claudio Magris
1939 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 1,477
Cratinus
500 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 1,478
Luís Fróis
1532 - 1597
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 1,479
Joseph Bédier
1864 - 1938
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 1,480
Anna de Noailles
1876 - 1933
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 1,481
James Tiptree Jr.
1915 - 1987
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 1,482
Henrik Wergeland
1808 - 1845
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,483
Joseph Addison
1672 - 1719
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,484
Alistair MacLean
1922 - 1987
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,485
Martin Gardner
1914 - 2010
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,486
Maj Sjöwall
1935 - 2020
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 1,487
Winifred Wagner
1897 - 1980
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 1,488

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, James Tiptree Jr. ranks 64. Before her are Joseph Greenberg, Gretl Braun, Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, Terence Young, Kaoru Ishikawa, and Miroslav Filipović. After her are László Csatáry, Priscilla Lane, Abba Eban, Don Budge, Santiago Carrillo, and Alan Watts. Among people deceased in 1987, James Tiptree Jr. ranks 47. Before her are James Baldwin, Gretl Braun, Yakov Zeldovich, Rouben Mamoulian, Douglas Sirk, and Américo Tomás. After her are Alistair MacLean, Henry Ford II, John Hammond, Randolph Scott, Einar Gerhardsen, and Federico Mompou.

Others Born in 1915

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Joseph Greenberg
LINGUIST
1915 - 2001
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 58
Gretl Braun
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1915 - 1987
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 59
Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1996
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 60
Terence Young
FILM DIRECTOR
1915 - 1994
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 61
Kaoru Ishikawa
CHEMIST
1915 - 1989
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 62
Miroslav Filipović
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1946
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 63
James Tiptree Jr.
WRITER
1915 - 1987
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 64
László Csatáry
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2013
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 65
Priscilla Lane
ACTOR
1915 - 1995
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 66
Abba Eban
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2002
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 67
Don Budge
TENNIS PLAYER
1915 - 2000
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 68
Santiago Carrillo
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2012
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 69
Alan Watts
PHILOSOPHER
1915 - 1973
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 70