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Clive Cussler

1931 - 2020

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Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have been listed on The New York Times fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler was the founder and chairman of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. He was the sole author or main author of more than 80 books. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clive Cussler is the 1,389th most popular writer (down from 1,257th in 2019), the 2,010th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,484th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular American Writer.

Clive Cussler is most famous for his novels about the adventures of a fictional character named Dirk Pitt.

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Among writers, Clive Cussler ranks 1,389 out of 7,302. Before him are Jaan Kross, James Patterson, Robert Browning, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Péter Nádas, and Erskine Caldwell. After him are Béla Balázs, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Adamantios Korais, Wace, Semonides of Amorgos, and Wilhelm Weitling.

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Among people born in 1931, Clive Cussler ranks 93. Before him are Hanoi Hannah, Telê Santana, Ike Turner, Ferenc Mádl, Dries van Agt, and Takashi Mizuno. After him are Mike Nichols, Charles Taylor, Mauricio Kagel, Toshiki Kaifu, Lamberto Dini, and E. C. George Sudarshan. Among people deceased in 2020, Clive Cussler ranks 97. Before him are Paul H. O'Neill, Ken Robinson, Momčilo Krajišnik, Kelly Preston, Olof Thunberg, and Chuck Yeager. After him are Wilford Brimley, Mahmoud Jibril, Carl Reiner, Ida Haendel, Gérard Houllier, and Dana Zátopková.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clive Cussler ranks 2,010 out of 20,380. Before him are Janet Gaynor (1906), Scott Hall (1958), James Patterson (1947), XXXTentacion (1998), Alan Greenspan (1926), and Erskine Caldwell (1903). After him are Scott Wilson (1942), Percy Spencer (1894), Henry Hathaway (1898), Gillian Anderson (1968), Roman Reigns (1985), and Gus Grissom (1926).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Clive Cussler ranks 162. Before him are Martha Gellhorn (1908), Fredric Brown (1906), Norman Mailer (1923), Harry Harrison (1925), James Patterson (1947), and Erskine Caldwell (1903). After him are James Baldwin (1924), William Styron (1925), Poul Anderson (1926), Alice Walker (1944), J. Michael Straczynski (1954), and Dan Simmons (1948).

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