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Gregory Benford

1941 - Today

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Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine. Benford wrote the Galactic Center Saga science fiction novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977). The series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gregory Benford is the 3,108th most popular writer (up from 3,255th in 2019), the 4,497th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,143rd in 2019) and the 354th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Gregory Benford ranks 3,108 out of 7,302. Before him are Zivia Lubetkin, Richard Bandler, E. L. Doctorow, Jack Higgins, Günter Wallraff, and Gysbert Japiks. After him are Jurij Koch, Andrei Amalrik, Larry Niven, Gunnar Staalesen, Herbert Read, and Frederick Denison Maurice.

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Among people born in 1941, Gregory Benford ranks 263. Before him are Cristina Peri Rossi, Boris Vallejo, Sonny Landham, Chucho Valdés, Dennis Sullivan, and Yuri Norstein. After him are Maurice Piat, Vlado Milunić, Miriam Margolyes, Roberto Calasso, Bakili Muluzi, and Silvio Moser.

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Among people born in United States, Gregory Benford ranks 4,497 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Bridger (1804), Joe Roberts (1871), Eddie Bracken (1915), Judy Collins (1939), Jane Kaczmarek (1955), and John Lloyd Stephens (1805). After him are David Butler (1894), Abel Ferrara (1951), Tonya Harding (1970), Stan Winston (1946), Larry Niven (1938), and Terry Funk (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gregory Benford ranks 354. Before him are Jim Carroll (1949), Elmore Leonard (1925), Howard Fast (1914), John Edward Williams (1922), Richard Bandler (1950), and E. L. Doctorow (1931). After him are Larry Niven (1938), Jim Rohn (1930), Jonathan Franzen (1959), Leon Uris (1924), Morgan Robertson (1861), and Andrea Dworkin (1946).

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