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Gérard de Villiers

1929 - 2013

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Gérard de Villiers (French: [ʒeʁaʁ də vilje]; 8 December 1929 – 31 October 2013) was a French writer, journalist and publisher whose SAS series of spy novels have been major bestsellers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard de Villiers is the 3,446th most popular writer (down from 3,397th in 2019), the 3,526th most popular biography from France (down from 3,486th in 2019) and the 449th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gérard de Villiers ranks 3,446 out of 7,302Before him are Futabatei Shimei, Iain Banks, Mouloud Mammeri, Michel Ocelot, Laza Lazarević, and Remigius of Auxerre. After him are Gregory Corso, Philippe Jaccottet, Ahmadou Kourouma, Theodore Bibliander, Arctinus of Miletus, and Franco Sacchetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Gérard de Villiers ranks 257Before him are James McDivitt, Yves Lacoste, Paek Nam-sun, Terry Sawchuk, Hugues Aufray, and Paavo Berglund. After him are John Henry Holland, Hind Rostom, Lyudmila Zykina, Arnold Palmer, Katherine Helmond, and John Osborne. Among people deceased in 2013, Gérard de Villiers ranks 206Before him are Aleksandr Serebrov, Jim Hall, Aslan Usoyan, Vlatko Marković, Francis Hong Yong-ho, and Iain Banks. After him are Kevin Ayers, Jeff Hanneman, Olga Gyarmati, Tommy Morrison, Gerda Lerner, and Miguel Poblet.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard de Villiers ranks 3,526 out of 6,770Before him are Martine Aubry (1950), Rudolph Minkowski (1895), Audrey Azoulay (1972), Michel Ocelot (1943), Remigius of Auxerre (841), and Adolphe Alphand (1817). After him are Gustave Trouvé (1839), Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800), Ingelger (900), Georges Franju (1912), Christophe (1945), and Wojciech Kossak (1856).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Gérard de Villiers ranks 449Before him are Tristan Bernard (1866), Alexis Piron (1689), Anna Gavalda (1970), Johann Fischart (1546), Michel Ocelot (1943), and Remigius of Auxerre (841). After him are Bernard Maris (1946), Jean-Claude Izzo (1945), Jean-Louis de Rambures (1930), Isaac de Benserade (1613), René Barjavel (1911), and Max Aub (1909).