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Michael Blake

1945 - 2015

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Michael Lennox Blake (July 5, 1945 – May 2, 2015) was an American author, best known for the film adaptation of his novel Dances With Wolves, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Blake is the 3,919th most popular writer (down from 3,895th in 2019), the 5,699th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,044th in 2019) and the 446th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Michael Blake ranks 3,919 out of 7,302. Before him are István Örkény, Athol Fugard, Apollon Maykov, Fadwa Tuqan, Seán O'Casey, and Charles Grandison Finney. After him are Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, Titus Calpurnius Siculus, Mirza Khazar, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Girolamo de Rada, and Emmanuel Bove.

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Among people born in 1945, Michael Blake ranks 334. Before him are Marsha P. Johnson, Abdelaziz Belkhadem, Vladimiro Montesinos, John McVie, Abdolkarim Soroush, and Lydia Shum. After him are Patricia Crone, Gordon Thomson, Marion Rung, Roberta Bondar, David A. Granger, and Tommy Franks. Among people deceased in 2015, Michael Blake ranks 238. Before him are Vlastimil Bubník, Józef Oleksy, Alex Rocco, Klaus Rifbjerg, Pino Daniele, and Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni. After him are Patricia Crone, Mike Porcaro, Tadeusz Konwicki, Jules Bianchi, Julio Terrazas Sandoval, and Anna Kashfi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Blake ranks 5,699 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Morgan (1915), Danai Gurira (1978), Holly Marie Combs (1973), John Randolph (1915), Keenan Wynn (1916), and Charles Grandison Finney (1792). After him are Richard F. Outcault (1863), Bob Peterson (1961), Don Murray (1929), Milo Ventimiglia (1977), Michael Gross (1947), and Amanda Righetti (1983).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Michael Blake ranks 446. Before him are Sara Teasdale (1884), Delia Owens (1949), Greg Bear (1951), David Brin (1950), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), and Charles Grandison Finney (1792). After him are Henry Adams (1838), Joe Haldeman (1943), Elizabeth Strout (1956), Syd Field (1935), Ralph Ellison (1914), and Og Mandino (1923).

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