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John W. Campbell

1910 - 1971

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John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later called Analog Science Fiction and Fact) from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Campbell wrote "super-science" space opera under his own name and other stories under his primary pseudonym, Don A. Stuart. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John W. Campbell is the 2,119th most popular writer (up from 2,274th in 2019), the 3,071st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,860th in 2019) and the 248th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, John W. Campbell ranks 2,119 out of 7,302. Before him are Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Kate Millett, Niccolò de' Niccoli, Arthur Young, Kim Bu-sik, and Fan Zhongyan. After him are Robin Sharma, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, William Steig, Barbara von Krüdener, Albert Memmi, and Eugenio Barba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, John W. Campbell ranks 106. Before him are Remo Giazotto, Jack Shea, Enrique Guaita, Maurice Papon, Maria Cebotari, and Trygve Bratteli. After him are Suleiman Frangieh, Ai Qing, Jack Hawkins, Lothar Collatz, Giorgio Perlasca, and Rudolf Kempe. Among people deceased in 1971, John W. Campbell ranks 71. Before him are Paul Lukas, Viktor Patsayev, Margaret Bourke-White, Gene Vincent, Nora Stanton Barney, and Hermann Ehrhardt. After him are Dita Parlo, Pedro Rodríguez, József Zakariás, Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Mak Dizdar, and August Derleth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John W. Campbell ranks 3,071 out of 20,380. Before him are Craig Mello (1960), Lin Shaye (1943), Al Martino (1927), Bill Duke (1943), Charles Eames (1907), and Kate Millett (1934). After him are Henry Winkler (1945), Al Di Meola (1954), Jeffrey Hunter (1926), John Landis (1950), William Steig (1907), and Liev Schreiber (1967).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John W. Campbell ranks 248. Before him are Eugene Nida (1914), Tom Wolfe (1930), James E. Gunn (1923), Carl Sandburg (1878), Edmond Hamilton (1904), and Kate Millett (1934). After him are William Steig (1907), Lewis Mumford (1895), Harold Bloom (1930), Joan Didion (1934), John Kennedy Toole (1937), and Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930).

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