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Ben Bova

1932 - 2020

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Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932 – November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, for which he won a Hugo Award six times, and an editorial director of Omni; he was also president of both the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Bova is the 5,103rd most popular writer (up from 5,297th in 2019), the 7,781st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,691st in 2019) and the 586th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Ben Bova ranks 5,103 out of 7,302. Before him are Károly Kisfaludy, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Larry McMurtry, Chris Van Allsburg, Jens Bjørneboe, and Júlia Szendrey. After him are Marin Preda, Claudio Williman, Mochtar Lubis, Ferdinand von Saar, Sarah Kirsch, and Duygu Asena.

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Among people born in 1932, Ben Bova ranks 370. Before him are Stéphane Bruey, Robert B. Parker, Clifton Williams, Gavril Dejeu, Aleksandr Belyavsky, and Billie Whitelaw. After him are Brian Murphy, Vasili Kuznetsov, Cesare Perdisa, Paul Anderson, Bronius Kutavičius, and Casey Kasem. Among people deceased in 2020, Ben Bova ranks 488. Before him are Flossie Wong-Staal, Oskar Fischer, Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, Claude Barthélemy, Efraín Sánchez, and Kiki Dimoula. After him are Hartwig Gauder, Ron Tauranac, György Kárpáti, Flavio Bucci, Jean Brankart, and Eduardo Lourenço.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Bova ranks 7,783 out of 20,380. Before him are Kirsten Price (1981), Ramsey Clark (1927), Chandra Wilson (1969), Michael Marsh (1967), Corinne Griffith (1894), and Holcombe Ward (1878). After him are Kathleen Battle (1948), John E. Blaha (1942), Tess Harper (1950), John Jeffries (1745), Amanda Bearse (1958), and Molly Ringwald (1968).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ben Bova ranks 586. Before him are Joseph Wambaugh (1937), Julia Alvarez (1950), Robert Charles Wilson (1953), Michael Bishop (1945), Larry McMurtry (1936), and Chris Van Allsburg (1949). After him are Ann Druyan (1949), Candace Bushnell (1958), Arthur Golden (1956), Stephen Hunter (1946), David Crane (1957), and Jacqueline Susann (1918).

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