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  1. 79%

    Dr. Seuss

    Writer

    The 6th most popular and the 51st most famous all-time person

  2. 76%

    Mark Twain

    Writer

    The 13th most popular and the 134th most famous all-time person

  3. 71%

    William Shakespeare

    Writer

    The 43rd most popular and the 49th most famous all-time person

  4. 70%

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Writer

    The 46th most popular and the 159th most famous all-time person

  5. 69%

    Charles Dickens

    Writer

    The 62nd most popular and the 222nd most famous all-time person

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  7. 65%

    Stephen King

    Writer

    The most popular and the most famous contemporary fiction writer

  8. 63%

    Ernest Hemingway

    Writer

    The 161st most popular and the 310th most famous all-time person

  9. 59%

    Agatha Christie

    Writer

    The 242nd most popular and the 549th most famous all-time person

  10. 58%

    J. K. Rowling

    Writer

    The 2nd most popular and the 2nd most famous contemporary fiction writer

  11. 57%

    Stan Lee

    Writer

    The 3rd most popular and the 3rd most famous contemporary fiction writer