Dale Carnegie

American writer and lecturer (1888-1955)

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Lived 1888–1955, aged 67United States

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#141
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1888–1955
Aged 67

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Updated 2026-05-29

Sold millions on the art of not being awful to people with How to Win Friends and Influence People. Carnegie turned self-help into a cottage industry that never quite went away, proving farm-kid-turned-guru narratives hit different.

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Dale Carnegie was an American writer and teacher of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), a bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), Lincoln the Unknown (1932), and several other books.

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