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Leslie Feinberg

1949 - 2014

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Leslie Feinberg (September 1, 1949 – November 15, 2014) was an American butch lesbian, transgender activist, communist, and author. Feinberg authored Stone Butch Blues in 1993. Her writing, notably Stone Butch Blues and her pioneering popular history book Transgender Warriors (1996), laid the groundwork for much of the terminology and awareness around gender studies and was instrumental in bringing these issues to a more mainstream audience. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Leslie Feinberg is the 6,393rd most popular writer (up from 6,400th in 2024), the 11,915th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,807th in 2019) and the 865th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Leslie Feinberg ranks 6,393 out of 7,302. Before her are David McCullough, Beverly Cleary, Felicia Hemans, Susan Hill, Damon Runyon, and Helena Norberg-Hodge. After her are Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, James Branch Cabell, John Addington Symonds, Renata Viganò, Ksenia Sobchak, and George B. Seitz.

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Among people born in 1949, Leslie Feinberg ranks 699. Before her are Olle Nordin, Zygmunt Kalinowski, Warwick Brown, Ulla Schmidt, Michael Wenden, and Leon Rippy. After her are Serhiy Novikov, Rogelio Farías, Pierre Bayonne, Rod Temperton, Ian Livingstone, and Barriemore Barlow. Among people deceased in 2014, Leslie Feinberg ranks 504. Before her are Tony Settember, Khushwant Singh, Scott Asheton, Yves Delacour, Andriy Husin, and Bob Kenney. After her are Barbara Prammer, Zohra Sehgal, Joan Lorring, Mónica Spear, Jerry Vale, and Gholam Hossein Mazloumi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leslie Feinberg ranks 11,920 out of 20,380. Before her are Matthew Davis (1978), C. J. Ramone (1965), Leon Rippy (1949), Al Franken (1951), Linda Purl (1955), Susan Oliver (1932), John Bell (1796), Scoot McNairy (1977), and Bob Lutz (1947). After her are Mary Woronov (1943), Ralph Lewis (1872), and Chi Chi LaRue (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Leslie Feinberg ranks 865. Before her are Charles Olson (1910), S. E. Hinton (1948), Lorraine Hansberry (1930), David McCullough (1933), Beverly Cleary (1916), and Damon Runyon (1880). After her are James Branch Cabell (1879), George B. Seitz (1888), Glenn Greenwald (1967), Michael McClure (1932), Alice Hoffman (1952), and Ann Coulter (1961).

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