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Alexander McCall Smith

1948 - Today

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Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith (born 24 August 1948) is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander McCall Smith is the 4,163rd most popular writer (up from 4,630th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Zimbabwean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexander McCall Smith ranks 4,163 out of 7,302. Before him are Julia Balbilla, Cordelia Edvardson, René Wellek, Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, Hart Crane, and Dušan Kovačević. After him are Edna Ferber, Amado Nervo, Anna Brigadere, Amir Hamzah, Ömer Seyfettin, and Francesco Mario Pagano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Alexander McCall Smith ranks 392. Before him are Chester Thompson, Larry Carlton, Rainer Zobel, Ken Ribet, Raúl Reyes, and Dušan Kovačević. After him are Gian Piero Ventura, Dave Holland, Hans Moravec, JoBeth Williams, Anatoly Solovyev, and Levan Tediashvili.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Alexander McCall Smith ranks 12 out of 45. Before him are Canaan Banana (1936), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Rupiah Banda (1937), Oliver Mtukudzi (1952), Kirsty Coventry (1983), and Joshua Nkomo (1917). After him are Liz Chase (1950), John Love (1924), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Ismail ibn Musa Menk (1975), Paula Hawkins (1972), and Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Zimbabwe

Among writers born in Zimbabwe, Alexander McCall Smith ranks 1. After him are Paula Hawkins (1972), Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959), Chenjerai Hove (1956), Yvonne Vera (1964), NoViolet Bulawayo (1981), and Debora Patta (1964).

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