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Jonathan Safran Foer

1977 - Today

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Jonathan Safran Foer (; born February 21, 1977) is an American novelist. He is known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated (2002), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005), Here I Am (2016), and for his non-fiction works Eating Animals (2009) and We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast (2019). He teaches creative writing at New York University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Safran Foer is the 6,059th most popular writer (down from 6,002nd in 2024), the 10,406th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,765th in 2019) and the 761st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Jonathan Safran Foer ranks 6,059 out of 7,302. Before him are Frances Wright, Dmitry Gordon, Julian Symons, Kjell Ola Dahl, Saroo Brierley, and Wolfgang Hohlbein. After him are Cyril Collard, Oscar Levertin, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Gert Hofmann, Henry Lawson, and André Dhôtel.

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Among people born in 1977, Jonathan Safran Foer ranks 210. Before him are Hiromasa Azuma, Andres Oper, Ángel Ortiz, Max Mirnyi, Annie, and Uhm Ji-won. After him are Robert Moreno, Ronan Keating, László Nemes, Chae Jung-an, Devin Ratray, and Óscar Pereiro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Safran Foer ranks 10,408 out of 20,380. Before him are Fred Armisen (1966), Rian Johnson (1973), Annie Montague Alexander (1867), Glenn Medeiros (1970), Mildred Cohn (1913), and Tiffany Young (1989). After him are Larry Williams (1935), Taboo (1975), Brewster Kahle (1960), Ethan Phillips (1955), Neal Morse (1960), and Janine Turner (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jonathan Safran Foer ranks 761. Before him are Tim O'Brien (1946), Amy Tan (1952), Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), Nicholas Meyer (1945), Lin Carter (1930), and Mike Godwin (1956). After him are Chaz Bono (1969), Gustav Hasford (1947), Michael Swanwick (1950), Maxine Kumin (1925), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), and David Simon (1960).

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