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Frank Herbert

1920 - 1986

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Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the series is a classic of the science-fiction genre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Herbert is the 400th most popular writer (up from 432nd in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from United States (down from 408th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Writer.

Frank Herbert is most famous for his science fiction novel Dune.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frank Herbert ranks 400 out of 7,302. Before him are Enheduanna, Joseph Roth, Christopher Marlowe, Giosuè Carducci, Harry Martinson, and Aulus Cornelius Celsus. After him are William Wordsworth, Verner von Heidenstam, Ghalib, Graham Greene, Susan Sontag, and Livius Andronicus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Frank Herbert ranks 17. Before him are George Shultz, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Pran, Paul Celan, Mario Puzo, and Owen Chamberlain. After him are Nicolaas Bloembergen, Melina Mercouri, Amália Rodrigues, Gianni Rodari, Richard von Weizsäcker, and Charlie Parker. Among people deceased in 1986, Frank Herbert ranks 14. Before him are Mircea Eliade, Tenzing Norgay, Jiddu Krishnamurti, James Rainwater, Robert S. Mulliken, and Jean Genet. After him are Urho Kekkonen, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Cliff Burton, Joseph Beuys, Albert Szent-Györgyi, and Alva Myrdal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Herbert ranks 475 out of 20,380. Before him are Eminem (1972), Harry Nilsson (1941), Chris Cooper (1951), Norbert Wiener (1894), Jennifer Lopez (1969), and Oliver Stone (1946). After him are Sandra Bullock (1964), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Julia Roberts (1967), Edith Wilson (1872), Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889), and Sidney Poitier (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Frank Herbert ranks 42. Before him are O. Henry (1862), Ivanka Trump (1981), Henry Miller (1891), Coen brothers (null), Margaret Mitchell (1900), and Sylvia Plath (1932). After him are Susan Sontag (1933), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), Jack Kerouac (1922), Gertrude Stein (1874), and Raymond Chandler (1888).

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