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Louise Hay

1926 - 2017

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Louise Lynn Hay (October 8, 1926 – August 30, 2017) was an American motivational author, professional speaker and AIDS advocate. She authored several New Thought self-help books, including the 1984 book You Can Heal Your Life, and founded Hay House publishing. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louise Hay is the 738th most popular writer (down from 705th in 2019), the 970th most popular biography from United States (down from 769th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Writer.

Louise Hay is most famous for her book You Can Heal Your Life. She is also the founder of Hay House, a publishing company.

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Among writers, Louise Hay ranks 738 out of 7,302. Before her are Clemens Brentano, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Judah Halevi, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, and Aristarchus of Samothrace. After her are Emilio Salgari, Iris Murdoch, John le Carré, Sinclair Lewis, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, and Eduardo Galeano.

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Among people born in 1926, Louise Hay ranks 47. Before her are David Attenborough, Jack Brabham, Necmettin Erbakan, Tsung-Dao Lee, Ed McBain, and Mel Brooks. After her are Aaron Klug, Alcides Ghiggia, Neal Cassady, Richard Crenna, Abdus Salam, and Maria Schell. Among people deceased in 2017, Louise Hay ranks 40. Before her are Slobodan Praljak, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Liu Xiaobo, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Mauno Koivisto, and Tzvetan Todorov. After her are Liliane Bettencourt, Emmanuelle Riva, Powers Boothe, Chester Bennington, Lotfi A. Zadeh, and Albert Speer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louise Hay ranks 970 out of 20,380. Before her are Donald Knuth (1938), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), Stan Kroenke (1947), Omar Bradley (1893), Anthony Perkins (1932), and Art Garfunkel (1941). After her are Zoe Saldaña (1978), Julius Axelrod (1912), Roy Scheider (1932), Richard E. Byrd (1888), Robert Evans (1930), and Jimmie Rodgers (1897).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Louise Hay ranks 77. Before her are Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Alvin Toffler (1928), Thomas Friedman (1953), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), John Irving (1942), and Ed McBain (1926). After her are Sinclair Lewis (1885), Neal Cassady (1926), H. L. Mencken (1880), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Dashiell Hammett (1894), and L. Frank Baum (1856).

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