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Larry Flynt

1942 - 2021

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Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. (; November 1, 1942 – February 10, 2021) was an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP). LFP mainly produces pornographic magazines, such as Hustler, pornographic videos, and three pornographic television channels named Hustler TV. Flynt fought several high-profile legal battles involving the First Amendment, and unsuccessfully ran for public office. He was paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries sustained in a 1978 attempted assassination by serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin.: 170–71  In 2003, Arena magazine listed him at No. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Flynt is the 156th most popular businessperson (down from 134th in 2019), the 1,831st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,483rd in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Businessperson.

Larry Flynt is most famous for publishing pornographic magazines such as Hustler and for his legal battles with the United States government.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Larry Flynt ranks 156 out of 847. Before him are Hiroshi Yamauchi, Al-Waleed bin Talal, Henry J. Heinz, Ren Zhengfei, Martha Stewart, and François Pinault. After him are Lorenzo Sanz, Armand Peugeot, Cyrus West Field, Ratan Tata, Stanley Ho, and John McAfee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Larry Flynt ranks 119. Before him are Maria Kaczyńska, Britt Ekland, Linda Evans, Karen Uhlenbeck, Mike Newell, and Fred Ward. After him are Michael Jackson, Carlos Monzón, George Jung, Evaristo Carvalho, Muslim Magomayev, and Samuel R. Delany. Among people deceased in 2021, Larry Flynt ranks 84. Before him are Abimael Guzmán, Anne Rice, Larry King, Noah Gordon, Lee Evans, and Walter Mondale. After him are Kim Yong-ju, Mamnoon Hussain, Bernard Tapie, Jean-Luc Nancy, George Jung, and Carolyn S. Shoemaker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Flynt ranks 1,831 out of 20,380. Before him are Kevin McHale (1957), Jim Lovell (1928), Douglas McGregor (1906), Dorothy Vaughan (1910), Minoru Yamasaki (1912), and Teri Hatcher (1964). After him are Henry Rollins (1961), Nick Adams (1931), Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840), Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), David Scott (1932), and David Zucker (1947).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Larry Flynt ranks 57. Before him are Roy O. Disney (1893), Sam Walton (1918), Christina Onassis (1950), William Randolph Hearst (1863), Henry J. Heinz (1844), and Martha Stewart (1941). After him are Cyrus West Field (1819), Harvey S. Firestone (1868), Ethan Allen (1738), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), Owen D. Young (1874), and Phil Knight (1938).

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