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Laura Ingalls Wilder

1867 - 1957

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Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, teacher, and journalist. She is best known as the author of the children's book series Little House on the Prairie, published between 1932 and 1943, which was based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Ingalls Wilder is the 821st most popular writer (down from 693rd in 2019), the 1,153rd most popular biography from United States (down from 758th in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Writer.

Laura Ingalls Wilder is most famous for her autobiographical series of novels, Little House on the Prairie.

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Among writers, Laura Ingalls Wilder ranks 821 out of 7,302. Before her are Alexander Blok, Julius Fučík, Gerard of Cremona, Nikolay Karamzin, James Jones, and Aelia Eudocia. After her are Colleen McCullough, Zeb-un-Nissa, Wilhelm Hauff, Theodore Beza, Alain-René Lesage, and Elsa Morante.

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Among people born in 1867, Laura Ingalls Wilder ranks 27. Before her are Prince Maximilian of Baden, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Enrique Granados, Walther Rathenau, Stanley Baldwin, and Umberto Giordano. After her are Rubén Darío, Kurt Eisner, Percy Fawcett, Ignacy Mościcki, Hector Guimard, and Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Among people deceased in 1957, Laura Ingalls Wilder ranks 33. Before her are Jože Plečnik, Richard E. Byrd, Joseph McCarthy, Alfonso de Portago, Maurice Garin, and František Kupka. After her are Erich Wolfgang Korngold, V. Gordon Childe, Eliot Ness, Erich von Stroheim, Aga Khan III, and Henry Norris Russell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laura Ingalls Wilder ranks 1,153 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael Cimino (1939), Steve Buscemi (1957), Ferid Murad (1936), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900), and James Jones (1921). After her are Michelle Williams (1980), Dennis Tito (1940), Kenny Rogers (1938), Duff McKagan (1964), Kris Jenner (1955), and Carole Lombard (1908).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Laura Ingalls Wilder ranks 87. Before her are Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Dashiell Hammett (1894), L. Frank Baum (1856), Robert Ludlum (1927), William Saroyan (1908), and James Jones (1921). After her are John Dos Passos (1896), L. Ron Hubbard (1911), Daniel Goleman (1946), Michael Crichton (1942), Stephen Covey (1932), and Sam Shepard (1943).

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