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Robert B. Parker

1932 - 2010

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Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works include the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. In the mid-1980s, based on the character of detective Spenser, ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire. A series of TV movies was also produced based on the same character. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert B. Parker is the 4,995th most popular writer (down from 4,718th in 2019), the 7,577th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,408th in 2019) and the 567th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Robert B. Parker ranks 4,995 out of 7,302. Before him are Jamaica Kincaid, Gonzalo Rojas, Mordecai Kaplan, Kārlis Skalbe, Fay Weldon, and Aleksei Kruchyonykh. After him are William Dean Howells, Eduard Bagritsky, Ranko Marinković, Manuel Alegre, Alexander Kazantsev, and Greg Egan.

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Among people born in 1932, Robert B. Parker ranks 365. Before him are Paul R. Ehrlich, Ann-Sofi Pettersson, Ludovico Avio, Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Eddy Wally, and Stéphane Bruey. After him are Clifton Williams, Gavril Dejeu, Aleksandr Belyavsky, Billie Whitelaw, Ben Bova, and Brian Murphy. Among people deceased in 2010, Robert B. Parker ranks 288. Before him are Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Gianni Bonichon, Harry Vos, Shirley Verrett, Harold Gould, and Joseph Bessala. After him are Brita Borg, Pedro Dellacha, Irina Arkhipova, Urbano Navarrete Cortés, Thorvald Strömberg, and Bobby Hebb.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert B. Parker ranks 7,579 out of 20,380. Before him are Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875), Alan Krueger (1960), Bob Barker (1923), Diamanda Galás (1955), Harriet Bland (1915), and Jessica Jaymes (1979). After him are William Dean Howells (1837), Emma Smith (1804), Kristen Cloke (1968), Ottis Toole (1947), Jon McBride (1943), and Gilbert Kaplan (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert B. Parker ranks 567. Before him are John Esposito (1940), Erica Jong (1942), Russell Kirk (1918), Carrie Nation (1846), Robert Lowell (1917), and Jack Finney (1911). After him are William Dean Howells (1837), John O'Hara (1905), Isabel Briggs Myers (1897), Rod Serling (1924), Edmund Wilson (1895), and Louella Parsons (1881).

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