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Alex Haley

1921 - 1992

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Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of black American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history. Haley's first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with Malcolm X. He was working on a second family history novel at his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alex Haley is the 2,458th most popular writer (up from 2,685th in 2019), the 3,531st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,393rd in 2019) and the 281st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Alex Haley ranks 2,458 out of 7,302. Before him are Maria Skobtsova, Pavel Kohout, Tang Xianzu, James M. Cain, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, and William Auld. After him are Caesarius of Heisterbach, Apollonius Dyscolus, Dares Phrygius, Jules Supervielle, Juan de Valdés, and Ron Kovic.

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Among people born in 1921, Alex Haley ranks 154. Before him are Alphonse Massamba-Débat, Manitas de Plata, Louis Lachenal, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Malcolm Arnold, and Sixto Durán Ballén. After him are Esther Williams, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Deanna Durbin, Eugenio Coșeriu, Georges Wilson, and Lionel Terray. Among people deceased in 1992, Alex Haley ranks 106. Before him are Néstor Almendros, Wang Hongwen, Jean Dieudonné, Allen Newell, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, and Fritz Leiber. After him are Tevfik Esenç, Jim Garrison, Arthur Cronquist, František Tomášek, Franco Cristaldi, and Lenny Montana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Haley ranks 3,531 out of 20,380. Before him are James M. Cain (1892), Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944), Carla Bley (1936), Lisa Edelstein (1966), Joe Rosenthal (1911), and Stephen Paddock (1953). After him are Carl W. Stalling (1891), Basil Poledouris (1945), Ron Kovic (1946), William Hoyt (1875), Richard Kuklinski (1935), and Kelly Bishop (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alex Haley ranks 281. Before him are Djuna Barnes (1892), Dorothy Parker (1893), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), Theodore Sturgeon (1918), Fritz Leiber (1910), and James M. Cain (1892). After him are Ron Kovic (1946), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), Eben Alexander (1953), Kate Chopin (1850), and Gardner Fox (1911).

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