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Arthur C. Clarke

1917 - 2008

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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. Clarke co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all time. He was a science fiction writer, an avid populariser of space travel, and a futurist of distinguished ability. He wrote many books and many essays for popular magazines. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur C. Clarke is the 272nd most popular writer (up from 291st in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 201st in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Writer.

Arthur C. Clarke is most famous for his science fiction work, including 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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Among writers, Arthur C. Clarke ranks 272 out of 7,302. Before him are Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Anna Akhmatova, Sallust, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Snorri Sturluson, and Jami. After him are Quintilian, Elfriede Jelinek, Peter Handke, Gao Xingjian, Pär Lagerkvist, and Anna Komnene.

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Among people born in 1917, Arthur C. Clarke ranks 7. Before him are Indira Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Ferdinand Marcos, Park Chung-hee, Heinrich Böll, and John Fenn. After him are Rodney Robert Porter, Ilya Prigogine, Frederica of Hanover, James Rainwater, Christian de Duve, and Ella Fitzgerald. Among people deceased in 2008, Arthur C. Clarke ranks 9. Before him are Yves Saint Laurent, Suharto, Bobby Fischer, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Edmund Hillary, and Charlton Heston. After him are Samuel P. Huntington, Willis Lamb, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Hua Guofeng, Albert Hofmann, and Irena Sendler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur C. Clarke ranks 254 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry III of England (1207), Arthur Harden (1865), Horace Walpole (1717), John A. Macdonald (1815), Archer Martin (1910), and Roger Moore (1927). After him are James Hunt (1947), John Snow (1813), Cary Grant (1904), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Ozzy Osbourne (1948), and Randal Cremer (1828).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Arthur C. Clarke ranks 29. Before him are Terry Pratchett (1948), William Blake (1757), W. H. Auden (1907), C. S. Lewis (1898), J. K. Rowling (1965), and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759). After him are Anne Brontë (1820), William Golding (1911), Roald Dahl (1916), John Keats (1795), Jane Hawking (1944), and Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792).

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