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Larry Niven

1938 - Today

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Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977). The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him the 2015 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Niven is the 3,111th most popular writer (down from 2,780th in 2019), the 4,502nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,538th in 2019) and the 355th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Larry Niven ranks 3,111 out of 7,302. Before him are Jack Higgins, Günter Wallraff, Gysbert Japiks, Gregory Benford, Jurij Koch, and Andrei Amalrik. After him are Gunnar Staalesen, Herbert Read, Frederick Denison Maurice, Ludovico di Varthema, Jim Rohn, and Faltonia Betitia Proba.

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Among people born in 1938, Larry Niven ranks 245. Before him are Ralph Bakshi, Liya Akhedzhakova, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Gianluigi Saccaro, Fred Anton Maier, and Andrei Amalrik. After him are Myechyslaw Hryb, Corine Rottschäfer, Theodor Kallifatides, Girish Karnad, Nieves Navarro, and Michael Löwy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Niven ranks 4,502 out of 20,380. Before him are John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Gregory Benford (1941), David Butler (1894), Abel Ferrara (1951), Tonya Harding (1970), and Stan Winston (1946). After him are Terry Funk (1944), Gore Verbinski (1964), Evelyn Berezin (1925), Nikos Galis (1957), Dorothy McGuire (1916), and Jim Rohn (1930).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Larry Niven ranks 355. Before him are Elmore Leonard (1925), Howard Fast (1914), John Edward Williams (1922), Richard Bandler (1950), E. L. Doctorow (1931), and Gregory Benford (1941). After him are Jim Rohn (1930), Jonathan Franzen (1959), Leon Uris (1924), Morgan Robertson (1861), Andrea Dworkin (1946), and Brian Herbert (1947).

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