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Upton Sinclair

1878 - 1968

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Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American author, muckraker journalist, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Upton Sinclair is the 1,783rd most popular writer (down from 1,670th in 2019), the 2,613th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,086th in 2019) and the 212th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Upton Sinclair ranks 1,783 out of 7,302. Before him are Egon Kisch, Robert M. Parker Jr., Jeffery Deaver, Katsu Kaishū, Handrij Zejler, and Hjalmar Söderberg. After him are Viktor Barna, William Carlos Williams, Izabela Czartoryska, José Carlos Mariátegui, Thomas of Celano, and Julien Gracq.

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Among people born in 1878, Upton Sinclair ranks 67. Before him are James Oliver Curwood, Angelica Balabanoff, Louis Camille Maillard, Herbert Chapman, Yosano Akiko, and Paul Pelliot. After him are Edward Kasner, Hans Ledwinka, Franz Schreker, Lionel Barrymore, Felix Bernstein, and Stephen Timoshenko. Among people deceased in 1968, Upton Sinclair ranks 63. Before him are István Dobi, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, Husband E. Kimmel, Augustin Bea, Eben Dönges, and Konstantin Paustovsky. After him are Giovannino Guareschi, Hans F. K. Günther, Nikolay Voronov, Jo Schlesser, Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, and Soraya Tarzi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Upton Sinclair ranks 2,613 out of 20,380. Before him are Pancho Gonzales (1928), Floyd Westerman (1936), Michael Biehn (1956), Michael W. Young (1949), Debra Winger (1955), and Roderick MacKinnon (1956). After him are Jason Bateman (1969), Carl Van Vechten (1880), Donna Murphy (1959), Frank Borman (1928), William Carlos Williams (1883), and Danny Elfman (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Upton Sinclair ranks 212. Before him are Bob Woodward (1943), Nora Ephron (1941), R. L. Stine (1943), Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), and Jeffery Deaver (1950). After him are William Carlos Williams (1883), Stephen Crane (1871), Paul Goodman (1911), Elizabeth Bishop (1911), Philip José Farmer (1918), and Erle Stanley Gardner (1889).

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