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Alistair MacLean

1922 - 1987

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Alistair Stuart MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacGill-Eain; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. Many of his novels have been adapted to film, most notably The Guns of Navarone (1957) and Ice Station Zebra (1963). In the late 1960s, encouraged by film producer Elliott Kastner, MacLean began to write original screenplays, concurrently with an accompanying novel. The most successful was the first of these, the 1968 film Where Eagles Dare, which was also a bestselling novel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alistair MacLean is the 1,485th most popular writer (up from 1,574th in 2019), the 1,342nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,215th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Alistair MacLean ranks 1,485 out of 7,302. Before him are Luís Fróis, Joseph Bédier, Anna de Noailles, James Tiptree Jr., Henrik Wergeland, and Joseph Addison. After him are Martin Gardner, Maj Sjöwall, Winifred Wagner, Elizabeth Siddal, Hugo Claus, and Ida Laura Pfeiffer.

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Among people born in 1922, Alistair MacLean ranks 94. Before him are Carl Reiner, Dana Zátopková, Annemarie Schimmel, Veronica Lake, Árpád Göncz, and Damiano Damiani. After him are Carlos Andrés Pérez, Paul Marcinkus, Hussein-Ali Montazeri, George Blake, Kim Hunter, and Rajko Mitić. Among people deceased in 1987, Alistair MacLean ranks 48. Before him are Gretl Braun, Yakov Zeldovich, Rouben Mamoulian, Douglas Sirk, Américo Tomás, and James Tiptree Jr.. After him are Henry Ford II, John Hammond, Randolph Scott, Einar Gerhardsen, Federico Mompou, and Eugen Jochum.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alistair MacLean ranks 1,342 out of 8,785. Before him are Boy George (1961), J. B. S. Haldane (1892), George Atwood (1745), Frederick Browning (1896), Tony Atkinson (1944), and Joseph Addison (1672). After him are Charles Vane (1680), James Faulkner (1948), Margaret Burbidge (1919), Mungo Park (1771), Winifred Wagner (1897), and Elizabeth Siddal (1829).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Alistair MacLean ranks 142. Before him are Ruth Rendell (1930), James Anderson (1680), Evelyn Waugh (1903), Lee Child (1954), Bernard Cornwell (1944), and Joseph Addison (1672). After him are Winifred Wagner (1897), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), Kate Atkinson (1951), Seamus Heaney (1939), and Samuel Pepys (1633).

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