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Neal Stephenson

1959 - Today

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Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and baroque. Stephenson's work explores mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. He also writes nonfiction articles about technology in publications such as Wired. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Neal Stephenson is the 4,925th most popular writer (down from 4,566th in 2019), the 7,471st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,161st in 2019) and the 560th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Neal Stephenson ranks 4,925 out of 7,302. Before him are Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Ole Lund Kirkegaard, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, Igor Newerly, Johann Baptist Allgaier, and Bing Xin. After him are Juan Meléndez Valdés, Halina Poświatowska, John Esposito, Leonti Mroveli, Maithili Sharan Gupt, and Riichi Yokomitsu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Neal Stephenson ranks 275. Before him are Sito Pons, Steven Erikson, Kenneth Brylle, Fabio Luisi, Ali Bujsaim, and Milcho Manchevski. After him are Fran Walsh, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Bernardo Rezende, Anthony LaPaglia, Gerd Wessig, and Rickson Gracie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neal Stephenson ranks 7,473 out of 20,380. Before him are James C. Adamson (1946), Jon Lovitz (1957), Debbie Rowe (1958), Paul R. Ehrlich (1932), Medgar Evers (1925), and Don Knotts (1924). After him are Anne Shirley (1918), Raymond J. Barry (1939), Dan Duryea (1907), John Esposito (1940), Lili Reinhart (1996), and Cleveland Abbe (1838).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Neal Stephenson ranks 560. Before him are Jim Harrison (1937), Paul Theroux (1941), Steven Millhauser (1943), Mary Oliver (1935), Norman Spinrad (1940), and William Gibson (1914). After him are John Esposito (1940), Erica Jong (1942), Russell Kirk (1918), Carrie Nation (1846), Robert Lowell (1917), and Jack Finney (1911).

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