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Fritz Leiber

1910 - 1992

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Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( LY-bər; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fritz Leiber is the 2,448th most popular writer (down from 2,272nd in 2019), the 3,508th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,851st in 2019) and the 279th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fritz Leiber ranks 2,448 out of 7,302Before him are Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Theodore Sturgeon, José-Maria de Heredia, Wilhelm Worringer, and Eric Knight. After him are Israel Zolli, Lytton Strachey, Samael Aun Weor, Maria Skobtsova, Pavel Kohout, and Tang Xianzu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Fritz Leiber ranks 123Before him are Bernard Voorhoof, Félix Candela, Artie Shaw, Alex North, Sylvia Sidney, and Saint Alphonsa. After him are Bill Pickering, Jane Bell, Heinz Hoffmann, Howlin' Wolf, Richard Conte, and Pierre Bézier. Among people deceased in 1992, Fritz Leiber ranks 105Before him are Ajahn Chah, Néstor Almendros, Wang Hongwen, Jean Dieudonné, Allen Newell, and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei. After him are Alex Haley, Tevfik Esenç, Jim Garrison, Arthur Cronquist, František Tomášek, and Franco Cristaldi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fritz Leiber ranks 3,508 out of 20,380Before him are David Doyle (1929), Madeleine Astor (1893), Chuck Schumer (1950), William Wakefield Baum (1926), Theodore Sturgeon (1918), and Jared Kushner (1981). After him are Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Johnny Carson (1925), Cy Young (1928), Billie Burke (1884), Frank Oppenheimer (1912), and Cheech Marin (1946).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Fritz Leiber ranks 279Before him are Jacques Futrelle (1875), Annie Proulx (1935), Djuna Barnes (1892), Dorothy Parker (1893), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), and Theodore Sturgeon (1918). After him are James M. Cain (1892), Alex Haley (1921), Ron Kovic (1946), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), and Eben Alexander (1953).