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David Morrell

1943 - Today

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David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel First Blood, later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 30 languages. He also wrote the 2007–2008 Captain America comic book miniseries The Chosen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Morrell is the 1,952nd most popular writer (down from 1,717th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Canada (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Morrell ranks 1,952 out of 7,302. Before him are Mikhail Artsybashev, Fredrika Bremer, Ippolita Maria Sforza, László Krasznahorkai, Hendrik Conscience, and Anagarika Dharmapala. After him are Almeida Garrett, James Murray, José Zorrilla, Felice Orsini, Charles de Brosses, and Leopoldo Alas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, David Morrell ranks 180. Before him are David Soul, Lauren Hutton, Kurtwood Smith, Ken Norton, Björn Waldegård, and Christine McVie. After him are Tadao Onishi, Louis E. Brus, Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Surayud Chulanont, Jean Zerbo, and Martin Campbell.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, David Morrell ranks 134 out of 1,622. Before him are Linda Evangelista (1965), Avril Lavigne (1984), Norman Bethune (1890), Bonar Law (1858), Ian Stevenson (1918), and Walter Huston (1883). After him are Bruce Greenwood (1956), Rocky Johnson (1944), Tommy Burns (1881), William Osler (1849), Louis Riel (1844), and Ryan Gosling (1980).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, David Morrell ranks 6. Before him are Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874), Margaret Atwood (1939), Saul Bellow (1915), Alice Munro (1931), and A. E. van Vogt (1912). After him are Robin Sharma (1965), Brian Tracy (1944), Antonine Maillet (1929), Shulamith Firestone (1945), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), and Harold Russell (1914).

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