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Marilyn vos Savant

1946 - Today

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Marilyn vos Savant ( VOSS sə-VAHNT; born Marilyn Mach; August 11, 1946) is an American magazine columnist who has the highest recorded intelligence quotient (IQ) in the Guinness Book of Records, a competitive category the publication has since retired. Since 1986, she has written "Ask Marilyn", a Parade magazine Sunday column wherein she solves puzzles and answers questions on various subjects, and which popularized the Monty Hall problem in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marilyn vos Savant is the 796th most popular writer (up from 886th in 2019), the 1,105th most popular biography from United States (down from 981st in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marilyn vos Savant ranks 796 out of 7,302. Before her are Jan Potocki, Edward Bernays, Wang Wei, Nonnus, Milorad Pavić, and Dionysius Thrax. After her are Ryszard Kapuściński, Bar Hebraeus, Jean Anouilh, Felix Salten, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and Fatema Mernissi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Marilyn vos Savant ranks 85. Before her are Colin Bell, Dragan Džajić, Bob Beamon, Paul L. Modrich, Rade Šerbedžija, and Berti Vogts. After her are Uri Geller, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Peter Singer, Xanana Gusmão, Daniel Goleman, and Chris Slade.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marilyn vos Savant ranks 1,105 out of 20,380. Before her are George Whipple (1878), Timothy McVeigh (1968), Robert Crippen (1937), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Marla Maples (1963), and John Cassavetes (1929). After her are Robert H. Grubbs (1942), Geena Davis (1956), Percival Lowell (1855), Robert Whittaker (1920), Gloria Swanson (1899), and Tori Amos (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Marilyn vos Savant ranks 81. Before her are John Irving (1942), Ed McBain (1926), Louise Hay (1926), Sinclair Lewis (1885), Neal Cassady (1926), and H. L. Mencken (1880). After her are Dashiell Hammett (1894), L. Frank Baum (1856), Robert Ludlum (1927), William Saroyan (1908), James Jones (1921), and Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867).

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