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FM-2030

1930 - 2000

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FM-2030 (born Fereidoun M. Esfandiary; Persian: فریدون اسفندیاری; October 15, 1930 – July 8, 2000) was a Belgian-born Iranian-American author, teacher, transhumanist philosopher, futurist, consultant, and Olympic athlete. He became notable as a transhumanist with the book Are You a Transhuman?: Monitoring and Stimulating Your Personal Rate of Growth in a Rapidly Changing World, published in 1989. In addition, he wrote a number of works of fiction under his original name F. M. Esfandiary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. FM-2030 is the 4,405th most popular writer (up from 4,690th in 2019), the 609th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 616th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, FM-2030 ranks 4,405 out of 7,302. Before him are Antonio Fogazzaro, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Konrad von Würzburg, Penelope Delta, Jakob Balde, and Karl von Holtei. After him are Lydia Chukovskaya, Jafar Jabbarly, Maurice Sachs, Kito Lorenc, Gregory David Roberts, and Faizi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, FM-2030 ranks 375. Before him are Clarke Scholes, Heinz Kubsch, Gladys West, Choe Thae-bok, Bobby Bland, and Malcolm Fraser. After him are Jacques Tits, Marco Pannella, Leonid Abalkin, Giorgio Ghezzi, Jean Guillou, and William H. Dana. Among people deceased in 2000, FM-2030 ranks 202. Before him are Carlo Parola, Joey Dunlop, Piero Pasinati, Charles Antenen, Humberto de Araújo Benevenuto, and Nicholas Clay. After him are John Hejduk, Jacqueline Auriol, Antony Padiyara, Anatoli Firsov, H. C. Artmann, and Robert R. Wilson.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, FM-2030 ranks 609 out of 1,190. Before him are Marouane Fellaini (1987), Simon Bening (1483), Maurice Hemelsoet (1875), Claude Criquielion (1957), Andrei Kozyrev (1951), and Maurice Peeters (1882). After him are Jacques Tits (1930), Ludo Martens (1946), Gérard Cooreman (1852), Johan Museeuw (1965), Stijn Streuvels (1871), and Louis Paul Boon (1912).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, FM-2030 ranks 32. Before him are Felix Timmermans (1886), Jan Gruter (1560), Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968), Camille Lemonnier (1844), Félicien Marceau (1913), and Georges Eekhoud (1854). After him are Stijn Streuvels (1871), Louis Paul Boon (1912), Willem Elsschot (1882), Suzanne Lilar (1901), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), and François Weyergans (1941).

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