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David Gemmell

1948 - 2006

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David Andrew Gemmell (; 1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explore themes of honour, loyalty and redemption. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Gemmell is the 3,274th most popular writer (down from 2,925th in 2019), the 2,658th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,151st in 2019) and the 298th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, David Gemmell ranks 3,274 out of 7,302. Before him are Zora Neale Hurston, Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Liviu Rebreanu, Filippo Buonaccorsi, Alasdair Gray, and Olena Pchilka. After him are Armen Ohanian, Bernhard Grzimek, Anselm Grün, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Raffaello Giovagnoli, and Maria Edgeworth.

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Among people born in 1948, David Gemmell ranks 315. Before him are Horst Köppel, Sergei Bodrov, Susana Dosamantes, Avi Arad, Gregory Itzin, and Olivier Blanchard. After him are Jonathan Sacks, Snowy White, Radislav Krstić, Harald Ertl, Muhammad Zaidan, and Luciano Re Cecconi. Among people deceased in 2006, David Gemmell ranks 169. Before him are Bruno Kirby, Caspar Weinberger, Chris Penn, Pío Leyva, Mickey Hargitay, and Larry Black. After him are Naushad, Rocío Jurado, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Daniel Schmid, Bismillah Khan, and Peter Benchley.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, David Gemmell ranks 2,659 out of 8,785. Before him are Frank Bridge (1879), Colin Clark (1905), Sarah Siddons (1755), Kelly Reilly (1977), Thomas Hill (1829), and Alasdair Gray (1934). After him are John Taylor (1960), Paul Freeman (1943), Andrew Robertson (1994), Maria Edgeworth (1768), Sylvester McCoy (1943), and Dennis Stratton (1952).

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