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John Keel

1930 - 2009

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John Alva Keel, born Alva John Kiehle (March 25, 1930 – July 3, 2009), was an American journalist and influential ufologist who is known best as author of The Mothman Prophecies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Keel is the 5,859th most popular writer (down from 5,508th in 2019), the 9,816th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,185th in 2019) and the 718th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, John Keel ranks 5,859 out of 7,302. Before him are Barbara Kingsolver, Vladislav Krapivin, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Kazimierz Wierzyński, Ferenc Móra, and Mark Haddon. After him are Karel Schoeman, Gjorgji Abadžiev, Lady Charlotte Guest, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Flora Nwapa, and Daniel Goldhagen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, John Keel ranks 531. Before him are Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Kenny Wheeler, Edward Givens, Romano Bonagura, Yngve Brodd, and Ferreira Gullar. After him are Mara Corday, Armando Segato, Pepper Adams, Bob Mathias, Peter Hall, and José Jiménez Lozano. Among people deceased in 2009, John Keel ranks 331. Before him are Hans Klenk, Ali Akbar Khan, Howard Zieff, Adriano Directo Emperado, Isaac Schwartz, and Jorge Enrique Adoum. After him are George Russell, Zygmunt Chychła, Arturo Gatti, Zena Marshall, Kristina Brenk, and Lou Albano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Keel ranks 9,818 out of 20,380. Before him are Elda Emma Anderson (1899), Wallace Langham (1965), Dudley Nichols (1895), Billy Beane (1962), Brad Gilbert (1961), and Mary Boland (1882). After him are George Russell (1923), Edward Van Sloan (1882), Mary K. Gaillard (1939), Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), Luke Gallows (1983), and Loleatta Holloway (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Keel ranks 718. Before him are Helen Prejean (1939), Zitkala-Sa (1876), Ann Rule (1931), Leo Buscaglia (1924), Kenneth Rexroth (1905), and Barbara Kingsolver (1955). After him are Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Helen Hunt Jackson (1830), Julie Garwood (1946), Winston Churchill (1871), Susan Glaspell (1876), and Rebecca Solnit (1961).

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