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Dan Barker

1949 - Today

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Daniel Edwin Barker (born June 25, 1949) is an American atheist activist and musician who served as an evangelical Christian preacher and composer for 19 years but left Christianity in 1984. He and his wife Annie Laurie Gaylor are the current co-presidents of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, and he is cofounder of The Clergy Project. He has written numerous articles for Freethought Today, an American freethought newspaper. He is the author of several books including Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Barker is the 6,796th most popular writer (up from 6,850th in 2024), the 14,246th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,384th in 2019) and the 1,011th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Dan Barker ranks 6,796 out of 7,302. Before him are Naomi Novik, Pat Cadigan, Padraic Colum, David Frawley, Jan van Steenbergen, and Jasper Fforde. After him are Sita Ram Goel, Julie Otsuka, Walter Mosley, Raquel Sánchez-Silva, Federico Andahazi, and Richard A. Knaak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Dan Barker ranks 769. Before him are John Leckie, Robert D. Cabana, Bruce Fairbairn, Susan Lindquist, Junior Murvin, and Bruce E. Melnick. After him are Amama Mbabazi, Mike Boit, Sue Hendrickson, Claudia Jennings, Jerry Coyne, and A. C. Grayling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dan Barker ranks 14,250 out of 20,380. Before him are Nathaniel Bowditch (1773), Ashley Blue (1981), Angela Ahrendts (1960), Kathleen Hanna (1968), Eileen Davidson (1959), and Matt Servitto (1965). After him are Kevin Jonas (1987), Stuart Hamm (1960), Matthew Barney (1967), Julie Otsuka (1962), Joseph Cedar (1968), and Eddie Cahill (1978).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Dan Barker ranks 1,011. Before him are Ronald D. Moore (1964), Charles Portis (1933), Leonard Maltin (1950), Naomi Novik (1973), Pat Cadigan (1953), and David Frawley (1950). After him are Julie Otsuka (1962), Walter Mosley (1952), Richard A. Knaak (1961), Randall Jarrell (1914), Kevin Poulsen (1965), and Robert Hunter (1941).

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