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Robert M. Pirsig

1928 - 2017

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Robert Maynard Pirsig (; September 6, 1928 – April 24, 2017) was an American writer and philosopher. He is the author of the philosophical books Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974) and Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991), and he co-authored On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Selected and Unpublished Writings (2022) along with his wife and editor, Wendy Pirsig. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert M. Pirsig is the 3,331st most popular writer (down from 2,690th in 2019), the 4,789th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,404th in 2019) and the 377th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 3,331 out of 7,302. Before him are Butrus al-Bustani, Alan Sillitoe, August Šenoa, Sohrab Sepehri, Salomėja Nėris, and Antoine Furetière. After him are Horace McCoy, Monteiro Lobato, Louis Pergaud, Charles Lamb, Ango Sakaguchi, and Nigâr Hanım.

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Among people born in 1928, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 267. Before him are Frederick Stafford, Bella Davidovich, Jacques Dupont, Hiroshi Nakajima, Alan Sillitoe, and Sohrab Sepehri. After him are Roald Aas, Annie Cordy, Ian Bannen, Amata Kabua, Joss Ackland, and Arthur Melvin Okun. Among people deceased in 2017, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 228. Before him are Ivo Brešan, Leo Kinnunen, James Mancham, Laura Biagiotti, Clifton James, and Shunichiro Okano. After him are Gorden Kaye, Jimmy Snuka, Derek Parfit, Bernard Panafieu, Kim Jong-hyun, and Stanisław Skrowaczewski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 4,789 out of 20,380. Before him are Aunjanue Ellis (1969), Kenny Roberts (1951), Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), Earnie Shavers (1944), Tyra Banks (1973), and Martin Hellman (1945). After him are George Newbold Lawrence (1806), Horace McCoy (1897), Lesley Gore (1946), Dwight L. Moody (1837), Jane Badler (1953), and Chuck Schuldiner (1967).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert M. Pirsig ranks 377. Before him are Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Donna Tartt (1963), John Zerzan (1943), Booker T. Washington (1856), Edmund White (1940), and John Perkins (1945). After him are Horace McCoy (1897), Mike Mentzer (1951), James Rollins (1961), R. J. Palacio (1963), Peter Benchley (1940), and Henry Kuttner (1915).

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