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Louis L'Amour

1908 - 1988

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Louis Dearborn L'Amour (; né LaMoore; March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels, though he called his work "frontier stories". His most widely known Western fiction works include Last of the Breed, Hondo, Shalako, and the Sackett series. L'Amour also wrote historical fiction (The Walking Drum), science fiction (The Haunted Mesa), non-fiction (Frontier), and poetry and short-story collections. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis L'Amour is the 5,171st most popular writer (up from 5,208th in 2019), the 7,972nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,498th in 2019) and the 595th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Louis L'Amour ranks 5,171 out of 7,302. Before him are Nancy Kress, Joël Dicker, György Faludy, Rick Warren, Kjell Westö, and Bob Shaw. After him are Mats Wahl, Wilhelm Geiger, Albert Londres, Valerian Pidmohylny, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Willem Bilderdijk.

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Among people born in 1908, Louis L'Amour ranks 326. Before him are Kazuo Hasegawa, Bohuslav Karlík, Ion Lăpușneanu, Nicholas Kurti, Jill Esmond, and Lya Lys. After him are Knut Fridell, Jiro Sato, Dee Brown, Abdulla Aliş, John Doeg, and Cecilia Seghizzi. Among people deceased in 1988, Louis L'Amour ranks 202. Before him are María Teresa León, Alf Kjellin, Carlos Manuel Piedra, Liang Shuming, Louis Versyp, and Heather O'Rourke. After him are Sándor Bíró, Bibi Torriani, Alberto Uria, Memphis Slim, Henry Johansen, and Pavel Kadochnikov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis L'Amour ranks 7,974 out of 20,380. Before him are Rick Warren (1954), Theodore Roberts (1861), Herman Glass (1880), Roger Clark (1978), Lawrence Weiner (1942), and Isaac Israel Hayes (1832). After him are Frank Churchill (1901), Barbara Ehrenreich (1941), Orrin Hatch (1934), David Diamond (1915), Debra Monk (1949), and Jaye Davidson (1968).

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Among writers born in United States, Louis L'Amour ranks 595. Before him are Arthur Golden (1956), Stephen Hunter (1946), David Crane (1957), Jacqueline Susann (1918), Nancy Kress (1948), and Rick Warren (1954). After him are Barbara Ehrenreich (1941), Cordwainer Smith (1913), Charlaine Harris (1951), Tabitha King (1949), Helene Hanff (1916), and Alan Dean Foster (1946).

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