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Gardner Fox

1911 - 1986

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Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (May 20, 1911 – December 24, 1986) was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. He is estimated to have written more than 4,000 comics stories, including 1,500 for DC Comics. Fox was also a science fiction author and wrote many novels and short stories. Fox is known as the co-creator of DC Comics heroes Barbara Gordon, the original Flash, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Doctor Fate, Zatanna and the original Sandman, and was the writer who first teamed several of those and other heroes as the Justice Society of America, and later recreated the team as the Justice League of America. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gardner Fox is the 2,491st most popular writer (up from 5,995th in 2019), the 3,574th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,722nd in 2019) and the 287th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gardner Fox ranks 2,491 out of 7,302. Before her are Stephen Baxter, Jacob Cats, Luigi Alamanni, Ernst von Salomon, Vasil Bykaŭ, and Kate Chopin. After her are Jules Guesde, Philippe Quinault, Miloš Crnjanski, John Grinder, António Vieira, and Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon.

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Among people born in 1911, Gardner Fox ranks 129. Before her are Hervé Bazin, Jiří Sobotka, Koçi Xoxe, Hans Woellke, Joe Rosenthal, and Barbara West. After her are Pierre Harmel, Randolph Churchill, Birger Ruud, Otto Baum, Leopold Kielholz, and Carlos Marighella. Among people deceased in 1986, Gardner Fox ranks 107. Before her are Moderato Wisintainer, Phil Lynott, Elisabeth Bergner, Cheikh Anta Diop, Michael, Prince of Montenegro, and Jacques Henri Lartigue. After her are Ilmari Salminen, Thierry Sabine, Scatman Crothers, Vitaly Abalakov, Raúl Prebisch, and Valentin Kataev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gardner Fox ranks 3,574 out of 20,380. Before her are John O'Connor (1920), Barry Goldwater (1909), Thomas Horsfield (1773), Joseph Valachi (1904), William Atherton (1947), and Kate Chopin (1850). After her are Leonard Kleinrock (1934), Jason Newsted (1963), Sal Mineo (1939), Bob Casey Jr. (1960), John Frusciante (1970), and Gordon Bunshaft (1909).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gardner Fox ranks 287. Before her are Alex Haley (1921), Ron Kovic (1946), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), Eben Alexander (1953), and Kate Chopin (1850). After her are John Grinder (1940), Tom Wilson (1931), Joyce Meyer (1943), Jack Williamson (1908), Terence McKenna (1946), and Neil Simon (1927).

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