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L. Ron Hubbard

1911 - 1986

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Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986) was an American author and the founder of Scientology. A prolific writer of pulp science fiction and fantasy novels in his early career, in 1950 he authored the pseudoscientific book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health and established organizations to promote and practice Dianetics techniques. Hubbard created Scientology in 1952 after losing the intellectual rights to his literature on Dianetics in bankruptcy. He would lead the Church of Scientology – variously described as a cult, a new religious movement, or a business – until his death in 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. L. Ron Hubbard is the 835th most popular writer (up from 912th in 2019), the 1,175th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,010th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Writer.

L. Ron Hubbard is most famous for being the founder of the Church of Scientology.

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Among writers, L. Ron Hubbard ranks 835 out of 7,302. Before him are Kobayashi Issa, John Bunyan, Bacchylides, Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, and John Dos Passos. After him are Miroslav Krleža, Antonio Machado, Stesichorus, Jamal Khashoggi, William McMaster Murdoch, and Luis Sepúlveda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, L. Ron Hubbard ranks 47. Before him are Richard Baer, Jules Dassin, Lee Yoo-hyung, Jean Harlow, Joseph Barbera, and John Archibald Wheeler. After him are Ginger Rogers, Samuel Reshevsky, Akira Yoshizawa, Bernard Katz, Ernesto Sabato, and Herta Oberheuser. Among people deceased in 1986, L. Ron Hubbard ranks 37. Before him are Erich Koch, Benny Goodman, Stanley Rous, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Samora Machel, and Roy Cohn. After him are Nikolay Semyonov, James Cagney, Ray Milland, Megumu Tamura, Lê Duẩn, and Vincente Minnelli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, L. Ron Hubbard ranks 1,175 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Best (1899), John Dos Passos (1896), Thorstein Veblen (1857), Mark Zuckerberg (1984), Clifford Geertz (1926), and Bill Evans (1929). After him are Robert Wagner (1930), James Cromwell (1940), Sting (1959), John J. Pershing (1860), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), and Ray Manzarek (1939).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, L. Ron Hubbard ranks 89. Before him are L. Frank Baum (1856), Robert Ludlum (1927), William Saroyan (1908), James Jones (1921), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), and John Dos Passos (1896). After him are Daniel Goleman (1946), Michael Crichton (1942), Stephen Covey (1932), Sam Shepard (1943), Thomas Harris (1940), and Robert E. Howard (1906).

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