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Max Gallo

1932 - 2017

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Max Gallo (French: [maks ɡalo]; 7 January 1932 – 18 July 2017) was a French writer, historian and politician. He wrote over one hundred books. The son of Italian immigrants (his father was of Piedmontese descent and his mother was from the region of Parma), Gallo's early career was in journalism. At the time he was a Communist (until 1956). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Gallo is the 3,517th most popular writer (down from 2,701st in 2019), the 3,579th most popular biography from France (down from 2,949th in 2019) and the 457th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Max Gallo ranks 3,517 out of 7,302Before him are Liza Marklund, Jakob Hurt, Anthony Horowitz, Kálmán Mikszáth, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo, and Shudraka. After him are Roger Vailland, John Flanagan, Fanny Crosby, Mahmoud Shabestari, Évariste de Parny, and Claudius Salmasius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Max Gallo ranks 248Before him are Majel Barrett, Alfred Worden, Steve Franken, Mehmood, Siegfried Rauch, and Franca Raimondi. After him are John Glen, Patsy Cline, Ted Cassidy, Joanna Chmielewska, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, and Joe Engle. Among people deceased in 2017, Max Gallo ranks 245Before him are Klaus Huber, Gregg Allman, Al Lawrence, Svend Asmussen, Marita Lindahl, and Feliciano Rivilla. After him are Hilarion Capucci, Ludvig Faddeev, Christine Keeler, Shashi Kapoor, Jan Tříska, and Torgny Lindgren.

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In France

Among people born in France, Max Gallo ranks 3,579 out of 6,770Before him are Pascal Greggory (1954), Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855), Jean Martinon (1910), Claude Pinoteau (1925), Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (1914), and Alex Thépot (1906). After him are Roger Vailland (1907), Pierre Fresnay (1897), Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (1839), Gustave Lanson (1857), Claudius Salmasius (1588), and Jean Rostand (1894).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Max Gallo ranks 457Before him are Jean-Claude Izzo (1945), Jean-Louis de Rambures (1930), Isaac de Benserade (1613), René Barjavel (1911), Max Aub (1909), and Édouard Drumont (1844). After him are Roger Vailland (1907), Claudius Salmasius (1588), Charles Simon Favart (1710), Thomas Corneille (1625), Antoine de la Sale (1388), and Henry Becque (1837).