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Ira Levin

1929 - 2007

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Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), This Perfect Day (1970), The Boys from Brazil (1976), and Sliver (1991). Levin also wrote the play Deathtrap (1978). Many of his novels and plays have been adapted into films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ira Levin is the 1,631st most popular writer (up from 1,634th in 2019), the 2,382nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,028th in 2019) and the 188th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Ira Levin ranks 1,631 out of 7,302. Before him are Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Robert Jordan, S. Ansky, Rodulfus Glaber, Lycophron, and Wen Tianxiang. After him are Michael Moorcock, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Harlan Coben, Pehr Henrik Ling, and Babrius.

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Among people born in 1929, Ira Levin ranks 127. Before him are Lorenzo Buffon, Vera Miles, Georgi Markov, Antonio Carbajal, Heiner Müller, and Bob Denard. After him are Édouard Balladur, Zillur Rahman, Alain Tanner, Anastasios of Albania, Fred Phelps, and Fazlur Rahman Khan. Among people deceased in 2007, Ira Levin ranks 89. Before him are Hrant Dink, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, Robert Jordan, John Woodruff, Yvonne De Carlo, and Bauer. After him are E. Howard Hunt, Sol LeWitt, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Denny Doherty, Luigi Comencini, and André Gorz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ira Levin ranks 2,382 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Wilson (1947), Lee Iacocca (1924), Richard Sheldon (1878), Robin Tunney (1972), Robert Axelrod (1943), and Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1878). After him are Victor Mature (1913), Al Lettieri (1928), Will Sampson (1933), Harlan Coben (1962), Wayne Shorter (1933), and Linda Ronstadt (1946).

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Among writers born in United States, Ira Levin ranks 188. Before him are Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Solomon Northup (1808), Flannery O'Connor (1925), Don DeLillo (1936), Ken Wilber (1949), and Robert Jordan (1948). After him are Harlan Coben (1962), Robert Silverberg (1935), Elizabeth George (1949), Robert Wilson (1941), E. Howard Hunt (1918), and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815).

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