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Michael Shermer

1954 - Today

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Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The author of over a dozen books, Shermer is known for engaging in debates on pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism. Shermer was the co-producer and co-host of Exploring the Unknown, a 13-hour Fox Family television series broadcast in 1999. From April 2001 to January 2019, he contributed a monthly Skeptic column to Scientific American magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Michael Shermer is the 5,753rd most popular writer (down from 5,660th in 2024), the 9,483rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,612th in 2019) and the 694th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Michael Shermer ranks 5,753 out of 7,302. Before him are Martín Luis Guzmán, Rói Patursson, José Rodrigues dos Santos, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Robert E. Sherwood, and Roma Ryan. After him are David Halberstam, Joel Chandler Harris, Penelope Lively, Claude McKay, Jacob Abbott, and Park Wan-suh.

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Among people born in 1954, Michael Shermer ranks 455. Before him are Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, Sumi Shimamoto, Martin Strel, Jean Fernandez, Dmitry Kiselyov, and Ines Pellegrini. After him are Tim O'Reilly, Ziad Fazah, Christie Brinkley, Michael Anthony, Vincent Lukáč, and Gabriel Costa.

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Among people born in United States, Michael Shermer ranks 9,485 out of 20,380. Before him are Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), Robert Stangland (1881), David Koepp (1963), Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Nestor Serrano (1955), and Charley Grapewin (1869). After him are Larry Linville (1939), Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), Kent Beck (1961), Marsden Hartley (1877), Martha Rosler (1943), and Elizabeth Cotten (1893).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Michael Shermer ranks 694. Before him are Bill O'Reilly (1949), William Cullen Bryant (1794), Norah Vincent (1968), Hanya Yanagihara (1974), Michael Parenti (1933), and Robert E. Sherwood (1896). After him are David Halberstam (1934), Joel Chandler Harris (1848), Jacob Abbott (1803), William Blum (1933), James Dashner (1972), and Elizabeth Gilbert (1969).

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