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Horace McCoy

1897 - 1955

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Horace Stanley McCoy (April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955) was an American writer whose mostly hardboiled stories took place during the Great Depression. His best-known novel is They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935), which was made into a movie of the same name in 1969, fourteen years after McCoy's death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horace McCoy is the 3,332nd most popular writer (down from 2,689th in 2019), the 4,791st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,403rd in 2019) and the 378th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Horace McCoy ranks 3,332 out of 7,302. Before him are Alan Sillitoe, August Šenoa, Sohrab Sepehri, Salomėja Nėris, Antoine Furetière, and Robert M. Pirsig. After him are Monteiro Lobato, Louis Pergaud, Charles Lamb, Ango Sakaguchi, Nigâr Hanım, and Filip Višnjić.

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Among people born in 1897, Horace McCoy ranks 167. Before him are Herman J. Mankiewicz, Erwin von Lahousen, Natacha Rambova, Gunta Stölzl, Camillo Berneri, and Walter Pidgeon. After him are Levon Mirzoyan, André Marie, Paul Gallico, Pavel Batov, Kurt Feldt, and Nima Yooshij. Among people deceased in 1955, Horace McCoy ranks 97. Before him are Margaret Abbott, Ahmad Qavam, Erwin von Lahousen, Hans Hedtoft, Rukhmabai, and Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia. After him are Ango Sakaguchi, Wallace Stevens, Jenő Fuchs, Arthur Bernardes, Lloyd Bacon, and Otto Gessler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horace McCoy ranks 4,791 out of 20,380. Before him are Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), Earnie Shavers (1944), Tyra Banks (1973), Martin Hellman (1945), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), and George Newbold Lawrence (1806). After him are Lesley Gore (1946), Dwight L. Moody (1837), Jane Badler (1953), Chuck Schuldiner (1967), R. Budd Dwyer (1939), and Holland Smith (1882).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Horace McCoy ranks 378. Before him are Donna Tartt (1963), John Zerzan (1943), Booker T. Washington (1856), Edmund White (1940), John Perkins (1945), and Robert M. Pirsig (1928). After him are Mike Mentzer (1951), James Rollins (1961), R. J. Palacio (1963), Peter Benchley (1940), Henry Kuttner (1915), and Paul Gallico (1897).

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