# James Whitcomb Riley

> James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Childrens' Poet" for his dialect works and his poetry for children. His poems tend to be humorous or sentimental. Of the approximately 1,000 poems Riley wrote, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man".

*American poet from Indianapolis (1849–1916)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1849-10-07
- **Died:** 1916-07-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 14.6 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727058/ (@nm0727058)

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/30edf1c9-5d7f-4848-b36c-1801081546af)
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- [جيمس ويتكومب رايلى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89)
- [جیمس ویتكومب رایلی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C)
- [James Whitcomb Riley](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley)
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- [James Whitcomb Riley](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley)
- [Ջեյմս Ուիթքոմբ Ռայլի](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD_%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%A9%D6%84%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%A2_%D5%8C%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AC%D5%AB)
- [James Whitcomb Riley](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley)
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- [Райли, Джеймс Уиткомб](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1)
- [James Whitcomb Riley](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley)
- [جیمز وہٹکمب ریلی](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%88%DB%81%D9%B9%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A8_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q770177)

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