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Neil Gaiman

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Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series The Sandman (1989–1996) and the novels Good Omens (1990), Stardust (1999), American Gods (2001), Coraline (2002), Anansi Boys (2005), The Graveyard Book (2008) and The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013). He co-created the TV adaptations of Good Omens and The Sandman. Gaiman's awards include Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards and Newbery and Carnegie medals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Neil Gaiman is the 1,576th most popular writer (down from 1,299th in 2019), the 1,437th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 983rd in 2019) and the 152nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Neil Gaiman ranks 1,576 out of 7,302. Before him are Namdev, Solomon Northup, Usama ibn Munqidh, Martin Opitz, Stig Dagerman, and Remy de Gourmont. After him are Elisabeth of Schönau, Thomas Chatterton, Ueda Akinari, Antipater of Sidon, Jørgen Moe, and Jules Romains.

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Among people born in 1960, Neil Gaiman ranks 72. Before him are John Galliano, Gjorge Ivanov, Željko Obradović, Barham Salih, Steve Vai, and Fayez al-Sarraj. After him are Bushra al-Assad, Kim Wilde, Naoki Urasawa, Hirohiko Araki, Walter Zenga, and Gia Carangi.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Neil Gaiman ranks 1,437 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Daniels (1946), Alice Bailey (1880), Charles Bell (1774), David Hamilton (1933), John Kay (1704), and Joseph Wright of Derby (1734). After him are Robert Stirling (1790), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), Duncan Haldane (1951), Thomas Chatterton (1752), John Austin (1790), and Dusty Springfield (1939).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Neil Gaiman ranks 152. Before him are Kate Atkinson (1951), Seamus Heaney (1939), Samuel Pepys (1633), Richard Lovelace (1617), John Brunner (1934), and Lord Alfred Douglas (1870). After him are Thomas Chatterton (1752), Joseph Needham (1900), Caroline Graham (1931), Mary Berry (1935), John Mandeville (1300), and Constance Lloyd (1858).

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