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Jack Finney

1911 - 1995

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Walter Braden "Jack" Finney (born John Finney; October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American writer. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including The Body Snatchers and Time and Again. The former was the basis for the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers and its remakes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Finney is the 4,984th most popular writer (up from 5,112th in 2019), the 7,564th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,264th in 2019) and the 566th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jack Finney ranks 4,984 out of 7,302Before him are Stanislav Stratiev, Hans Werner Richter, Rosa Mayreder, Giovanni Berchet, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, and Hermann Kesten. After him are Mordecai Richler, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Kjell Espmark, George Borrow, Jamaica Kincaid, and Gonzalo Rojas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Jack Finney ranks 285Before him are Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu, Leen Vente, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Lisa Fonssagrives, and Sten Suvio. After him are Jean Cayrol, Alan Hovhaness, Kurt Maetzig, Sakari Tuomioja, Maurice Perrin, and Constantin Stanciu. Among people deceased in 1995, Jack Finney ranks 241Before him are Vladimir Ivashov, Robert Stephens, Peter Grant, Boris Ponomarev, Mary Wickes, and Ashapurna Devi. After him are Robert Parrish, Karl Warner, Burton Jastram, Ralph Kronig, Aldo Gordini, and Osvald Käpp.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Finney ranks 7,566 out of 20,380Before him are Phyllis Diller (1917), Diane Warren (1956), Thad Jones (1923), Jeanette MacDonald (1903), Gunther Schuller (1925), and Darlene Hard (1936). After him are Mary J. Blige (1971), Bobby Vee (1943), Kyle Gass (1960), Mae Murray (1885), Michael Stuhlbarg (1968), and Jimi Jamison (1951).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jack Finney ranks 566Before him are Neal Stephenson (1959), John Esposito (1940), Erica Jong (1942), Russell Kirk (1918), Carrie Nation (1846), and Robert Lowell (1917). After him are Robert B. Parker (1932), William Dean Howells (1837), John O'Hara (1905), Isabel Briggs Myers (1897), Rod Serling (1924), and Edmund Wilson (1895).