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Gore Vidal

1925 - 2012

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Eugene Luther Gore Vidal ( vih-DAHL; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his acerbic epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Vidal was heavily involved in politics, and unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the United States House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the United States Senate (for California). A grandson of U.S. Senator Thomas Gore, Vidal was born into an upper-class political family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gore Vidal is the 1,508th most popular writer (up from 1,625th in 2019), the 2,187th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,014th in 2019) and the 174th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gore Vidal ranks 1,508 out of 7,302Before him are Mario Benedetti, Olaus Petri, Régis Debray, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Lydia Koidula, and Jean M. Auel. After him are William Heinesen, Thornton Wilder, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Siegfried Lenz, Fredric Jameson, and Henry Steel Olcott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Gore Vidal ranks 110Before him are William Styron, Michel Bouquet, Katherine MacGregor, David Elazar, Zvi Zamir, and Willi Herold. After him are Alexandre do Nascimento, John List, Efim Geller, Georges Delerue, Aliya Moldagulova, and Flannery O'Connor. Among people deceased in 2012, Gore Vidal ranks 88Before him are Sergey Sokolov, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Assef Shawkat, Haji Mohammad Chamkani, Herbert Lom, and Paul L. Smith. After him are Alexander Arutiunian, Miguel de la Madrid, Maurice Herzog, Dorothea Tanning, Santiago Carrillo, and Meles Zenawi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gore Vidal ranks 2,187 out of 20,380Before him are Hugh McDonald (1950), Isaac Hayes (1942), Robert N. Bellah (1927), Alex Jones (1974), Jean M. Auel (1936), and William Wallace Denslow (1856). After him are Thornton Wilder (1897), Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), Blase J. Cupich (1949), Henry Ford II (1917), and Ving Rhames (1959).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gore Vidal ranks 174Before him are Dan Simmons (1948), James Tiptree Jr. (1915), Martin Gardner (1914), Robert Bloch (1917), Robin Hobb (1952), and Jean M. Auel (1936). After him are Thornton Wilder (1897), Fredric Jameson (1934), Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Ken Kesey (1935), Erich Segal (1937), and Betty Friedan (1921).