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Graham Hancock

1950 - Today

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Graham Bruce Hancock (born 2 August 1950) is a British author known for promoting pseudoscientific explanations of ancient civilizations and hypothetical lost lands. Hancock argues that an advanced society with spiritual technology thrived during the last Ice Age until comet impacts triggered the Younger Dryas about 12,900 years ago. He maintains that survivors of the disaster shared their knowledge with hunter-gatherer communities in regions such as ancient Egypt, Sumer, and Mesoamerica, sparking the earliest known civilizations. Born in Edinburgh, Hancock studied sociology at Durham University before joining British newspapers and magazines as a journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Graham Hancock is the 3,871st most popular writer (down from 3,573rd in 2024), the 3,052nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,562nd in 2019) and the 347th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Graham Hancock ranks 3,871 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Christophe Grangé, Hella Wuolijoki, Lina Sandell, Helena Roerich, Vsevolod Ivanov, and Joachim Heinrich Campe. After him are Paavo Haavikko, José Cadalso, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Antiphanes, and Kočo Racin.

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Among people born in 1950, Graham Hancock ranks 280. Before him are Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, Phillip Noyce, Thomas Gottschalk, Antonio Di Pietro, Jurica Jerković, and David Brin. After him are Slava Polunin, Johan Leysen, Rajinikanth, Kenny Ortega, Álvaro Noboa, and Princess Nora of Liechtenstein.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Graham Hancock ranks 3,053 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian Hart (1964), Martin Donnelly (1964), A. J. P. Taylor (1906), Tom Ellis (1978), Phil Taylor (1960), and Peter Banks (1947). After him are Hayley Mills (1946), Dorothy Garrod (1892), Ralph Abercromby (1734), John Profumo (1915), Christopher Eccleston (1964), and Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Graham Hancock ranks 347. Before him are John Ford (1586), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), Peter Mayle (1939), Nancy Mitford (1904), Hilary Mantel (1952), and Paul Johnson (1928). After him are Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Richard Hammond (1969), Andrew Marvell (1621), Israel Zangwill (1864), Christiane Amanpour (1958), and W. S. Gilbert (1836).

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