WRITER

Rex Stout

1886 - 1975

Rex Stout

Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and 39 novellas or short stories between 1934 and 1975. In 1959, Stout received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon XXXI, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated as Best Mystery Writer of the Century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rex Stout is the 1,207th most popular writer (up from 1,373rd in 2019), the 1,719th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,681st in 2019) and the 139th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Rex Stout ranks 1,207 out of 7,302. Before him are Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Lü Dongbin, Matthias Flacius, Symeon the New Theologian, Jan Długosz, and Richard Matheson. After him are Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Diana Mosley, Irwin Shaw, Khushal Khattak, Noah Gordon, and Ahmed Deedat.

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Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
1685 - 1755
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 1,201
Lü Dongbin
796 - 870
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 1,202
Matthias Flacius
1520 - 1575
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 1,203
Symeon the New Theologian
949 - 1022
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 1,204
Jan Długosz
1415 - 1480
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 1,205
Richard Matheson
1926 - 2013
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 1,206
Rex Stout
1886 - 1975
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 1,207
Rudolf von Sebottendorf
1875 - 1945
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 1,208
Diana Mosley
1910 - 2003
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 1,209
Irwin Shaw
1913 - 1984
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 1,210
Khushal Khattak
1613 - 1689
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 1,211
Noah Gordon
1926 - 2021
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 1,212
Ahmed Deedat
1918 - 2005
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 1,213

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Rex Stout ranks 50. Before him are Vittorio Pozzo, Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Alain-Fournier, Franz Rosenzweig, Garegin Nzhdeh, and Frank Lloyd. After him are Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Edward C. Tolman, Gottfried Benn, Willem Drees, Erich Fellgiebel, and Gyula Gömbös. Among people deceased in 1975, Rex Stout ranks 43. Before him are Éamon de Valera, Gottlob Berger, Julian Huxley, P. G. Wodehouse, Carlo Levi, and Vicente Feola. After him are Bernard Herrmann, Latife Uşşaki, Annette Kellermann, Marguerite Perey, Luigi Dallapiccola, and William Phillips.

Others Born in 1886

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Vittorio Pozzo
SOCCER PLAYER
1886 - 1968
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 44
Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1918
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 45
Alain-Fournier
WRITER
1886 - 1914
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 46
Franz Rosenzweig
PHILOSOPHER
1886 - 1929
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 47
Garegin Nzhdeh
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1955
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 48
Frank Lloyd
FILM DIRECTOR
1886 - 1960
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 49
Rex Stout
WRITER
1886 - 1975
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 50
Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
NOBLEMAN
1886 - 1954
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 51
Edward C. Tolman
PSYCHOLOGIST
1886 - 1959
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 52
Gottfried Benn
WRITER
1886 - 1956
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 53
Willem Drees
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1988
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 54
Erich Fellgiebel
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1886 - 1944
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 55
Gyula Gömbös
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1936
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 56