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Jack Canfield

1944 - Today

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Jack Canfield (born August 19, 1944) is an American author and motivational speaker. He is the co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which has more than 250 titles and 500 million copies in print in over 40 languages. In 2005 Canfield co-authored with Janet Switzer The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Canfield is the 5,281st most popular writer (down from 4,567th in 2019), the 8,200th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,165th in 2019) and the 610th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jack Canfield ranks 5,281 out of 7,302Before him are Henry Roth, John Hersey, Mihály Csokonai, Aubrey de Grey, Elizabeth Hawley, and Mahadev Desai. After him are Anna Kavan, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Alki Zei, Thea Beckman, Vera Henriksen, and Giuseppe Giusti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Jack Canfield ranks 537Before him are Barbara Thompson, Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, Buchi Emecheta, Gilbert Adair, Erhard Keller, and Frank Rühle. After him are Armistead Maupin, Sergei Solovyov, Michael Tilson Thomas, José Luis Garci, Ayşen Gruda, and Florin Gheorghiu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Canfield ranks 8,202 out of 20,380Before him are William S. Hart (1864), Oscar Osthoff (1883), Tony Carey (1953), Kevin Garnett (1976), Billy Gilbert (1894), and Laura Innes (1957). After him are Andy Stanfield (1927), Thaddeus Stevens (1792), Jeff Mills (1963), Darlene Love (1941), John Getz (1946), and Justin Long (1978).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jack Canfield ranks 610Before him are Damon Knight (1922), John Antoine Nau (1860), Zig Ziglar (1926), Dee Brown (1908), Richard Russo (1949), and Elizabeth Hawley (1923). After him are Joe R. Lansdale (1951), Armistead Maupin (1944), Theodora Kroeber (1897), Ernie Pyle (1900), Helen Thomas (1920), and Terry Bisson (1942).