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Murray Leinster

1896 - 1975

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Murray Leinster () was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975), an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Murray Leinster is the 3,781st most popular writer (up from 4,027th in 2019), the 5,453rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,262nd in 2019) and the 435th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Murray Leinster ranks 3,781 out of 7,302. Before him are Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Meir Shalev, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Dorothee Sölle, V. C. Andrews, and Anna Katharine Green. After him are César Aira, Georg Sauerwein, Kim Sowol, Jiří Dienstbier, Mikhail Isakovsky, and Jules Janin.

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Among people born in 1896, Murray Leinster ranks 165. Before him are Sao Shwe Thaik, and Lilia Skala. After him are Edward Arthur Milne, William Gopallawa, Robert Gerhard, Franz Blücher, Peter Cheyney, Lado Gudiashvili, J. Lawton Collins, Steponas Darius, Adhemar Pimenta, and Fritz Julius Kuhn. Among people deceased in 1975, Murray Leinster ranks 147. Before him are Argemiro, Kyusaku Ogino, Harold Osborn, Benjamin Jekhowsky, Michał Sopoćko, and Charles Reidpath. After him are Mascha Kaléko, Gaston Gallimard, Bas Jan Ader, Erik Adlerz, Hans Furler, and Plínio Salgado.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Murray Leinster ranks 5,453 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Kiley (1922), James Russo (1953), Florence Lee (1888), Howard Keel (1919), V. C. Andrews (1923), and Anna Katharine Green (1846). After him are David Geffen (1943), Andrew Robinson (1942), Jane Adams (1965), Carmen McRae (1922), Mike Todd (1909), and Michael Graves (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Murray Leinster ranks 435. Before him are Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Spencer Johnson (1938), Dennis Lehane (1965), V. C. Andrews (1923), and Anna Katharine Green (1846). After him are Donald Barthelme (1931), Marianne Moore (1887), Bill Bryson (1951), Zoe Akins (1886), Sara Teasdale (1884), and Delia Owens (1949).

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