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Andy Weir

1972 - Today

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Andrew Weir ( ; born June 16, 1972) is an American novelist. His 2011 novel The Martian was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott. He received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2016 and his 2021 novel Project Hail Mary was a finalist for the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andy Weir is the 2,642nd most popular writer (up from 6,023rd in 2019), the 3,806th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,872nd in 2019) and the 302nd most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andy Weir ranks 2,642 out of 7,302. Before him are Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Han Suyin, Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani, Ramón Sampedro, Maria Teresa Horta, and Rahman Baba. After him are Frigyes Karinthy, Petar Preradović, John of Ephesus, Antimachus, Artur Lundkvist, and Henri Desgrange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Andy Weir ranks 63. Before him are Alyssa Milano, Toni Collette, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Octavia Spencer, Conchita Martínez, and Justyna Steczkowska. After him are Liam Gallagher, Geri Halliwell, Sung Kang, Michael Chang, Edward Calvin Kendall, and Rafał Trzaskowski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andy Weir ranks 3,806 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Beymer (1938), Arthur Cronquist (1919), Robert Wisdom (1953), Robert Weinberg (1942), Don Bluth (1937), and Chloë Grace Moretz (1997). After him are Florence Owens Thompson (1903), Jim Bausch (1906), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), Stephen Kovacevich (1940), Alexandra Breckenridge (1982), and Michael Buffer (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Andy Weir ranks 302. Before him are William Peter Blatty (1928), Wayne Dyer (1940), Alice B. Toklas (1877), D. B. Weiss (1971), Jim Thompson (1906), and Seymour Hersh (1937). After him are S. S. Van Dine (1888), Terry Brooks (1944), Margaret Fuller (1810), Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), Orson Scott Card (1951), and Lois McMaster Bujold (1949).

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