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Robert E. Howard

1906 - 1936

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Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Howard was born and raised in Texas. He spent most of his life in the town of Cross Plains, with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert E. Howard is the 886th most popular writer (down from 725th in 2019), the 1,254th most popular biography from United States (down from 810th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Robert E. Howard ranks 886 out of 7,302. Before him are Danilo Kiš, Varlam Shalamov, James May, Shoko Asahara, Appius Claudius Caecus, and Aron Nimzowitsch. After him are Ian McEwan, Marie Mancini, Zenodotus, Chevalier d'Éon, Kang Youwei, and Johann Ludwig Burckhardt.

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Among people born in 1906, Robert E. Howard ranks 58. Before him are Lon Chaney Jr., Marie José of Belgium, Hans Asperger, Philip Johnson, Oleg Antonov, and Giuseppe Siri. After him are Marcel Carné, Edmond Debeaumarché, Bugsy Siegel, Luis Federico Leloir, J. R. Jayewardene, and James Hadley Chase. Among people deceased in 1936, Robert E. Howard ranks 40. Before him are Georg Michaelis, Anne Sullivan, Nikolai Ostrovsky, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Georgy Chicherin, and Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen. After him are Heinrich Rickert, Karl Pearson, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Julius Schreck, Wilhelm Gustloff, and Max Schreck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert E. Howard ranks 1,254 out of 20,380. Before him are Mickey Rooney (1920), Leon Festinger (1919), Tom Waits (1949), Robert Benton (1932), John C. Mather (1946), and Wyatt Earp (1848). After him are Raymond Moody (1944), E. O. Wilson (1929), John Dickinson (1732), Jim Jones (1931), Richard Rorty (1931), and Neale Donald Walsch (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert E. Howard ranks 95. Before him are L. Ron Hubbard (1911), Daniel Goleman (1946), Michael Crichton (1942), Stephen Covey (1932), Sam Shepard (1943), and Thomas Harris (1940). After him are Neale Donald Walsch (1943), MacKenzie Scott (1970), Ida Tarbell (1857), Joseph Campbell (1904), John Jacob Astor IV (1864), and Daniel Keyes (1927).

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