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Michael Crichton

1942 - 2008

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John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Crichton's novels often explore human technological advancement and attempted dominance over nature, both with frequently catastrophic results; many of his works are cautionary tales, especially regarding themes of biotechnology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Crichton is the 851st most popular writer (down from 644th in 2024), the 1,205th most popular biography from United States (down from 659th in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Writer.

Michael Crichton is most famous for his science fiction novels.

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Among writers, Michael Crichton ranks 851 out of 7,302. Before him are Jin Yong, Karl Harrer, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, Bernart de Ventadorn, Ali Shariati, and Eugène Scribe. After him are Menippus, Jonas Lie, Andrea Camilleri, Julian Barnes, Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, and Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen.

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Among people born in 1942, Michael Crichton ranks 84. Before him are Wolfgang Schäuble, Carlos Reutemann, Junichiro Koizumi, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Peter Greenaway, and Felipe González. After him are Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Vicente Fox, László Sólyom, Maurizio Pollini, René Angélil, and Pál Schmitt. Among people deceased in 2008, Michael Crichton ranks 42. Before him are Heath Ledger, Lansana Conté, John Archibald Wheeler, George Habash, Jörg Haider, and Janez Drnovšek. After him are George Emil Palade, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Joshua Lederberg, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Thomas Huckle Weller, and Aimé Césaire.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Crichton ranks 1,205 out of 20,380. Before him are Terrence Malick (1943), Harold Lasswell (1902), Jennifer Connelly (1970), James Gandolfini (1961), Jonathan Demme (1944), and Stanley Milgram (1933). After him are Bill Gates Sr. (1925), Lionel Richie (1949), Shawn Michaels (1965), Ted Kennedy (1932), Robert Solow (1924), and Carroll O'Connor (1924).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Michael Crichton ranks 91. Before him are William Saroyan (1908), James Jones (1921), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), John Dos Passos (1896), L. Ron Hubbard (1911), and Daniel Goleman (1946). After him are Stephen Covey (1932), Sam Shepard (1943), Thomas Harris (1940), Robert E. Howard (1906), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), and MacKenzie Scott (1970).

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