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Jon Krakauer

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Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling nonfiction books—Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jon Krakauer is the 31st most popular mountaineer (down from 27th in 2019), the 5,345th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,713th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Mountaineer.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Jon Krakauer ranks 31 out of 56. Before him are Ang Rita, Albert F. Mummery, Krzysztof Wielicki, Anatoli Boukreev, Peter Habeler, and Erhard Loretan. After him are Ardito Desio, Vittorio Sella, Riccardo Cassin, Yevgeniy Abalakov, Rob Hall, and Apa Sherpa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Jon Krakauer ranks 230. Before him are Atif Dudaković, Abdullah al-Thani, Patty Hearst, Anatoliy Kinakh, Alois Estermann, and Jan Theuninck. After him are Philippe Alliot, Sonia Sotomayor, Corinna Harfouch, Howard Stern, Esko Aho, and Alice Krige.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jon Krakauer ranks 5,345 out of 20,380. Before him are Albert Ayler (1936), Jim Courier (1970), Jimmy Douglas (1898), Hot Rod Hundley (1934), John Tukey (1915), and Oliver Kirk (1884). After him are Kaʻahumanu (1768), Ward Bond (1903), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), Freddie Hubbard (1938), Francis Scott Key (1779), and Sumner Paine (1868).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In United States

Among mountaineers born in United States, Jon Krakauer ranks 2. Before him are Fanny Bullock Workman (1859). After him are Dean Potter (1972), Erik Weihenmayer (1968), and Jordan Romero (1996).

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