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Winston Churchill

1871 - 1947

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Winston Churchill (November 10, 1871 – March 12, 1947) was an American best-selling novelist of the early twentieth century. He is nowadays overshadowed, even as a writer, by the more famous British statesman of the same name, to whom he was not related. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Winston Churchill is the 5,904th most popular writer (up from 5,968th in 2024), the 9,928th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,609th in 2019) and the 723rd most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Winston Churchill ranks 5,904 out of 7,302. Before him are Stefan Andres, Thierry Meyssan, Paula Yates, Giannina Braschi, Åsne Seierstad, and Olivia Manning. After him are Patrick Rambaud, Daniel Kehlmann, Domiziana Giordano, Thomas Brezina, Bhisham Sahni, and Philaenis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Winston Churchill ranks 165. Before him are Aloys Van de Vyvere, Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, Eugen Burg, Yoshioka Yayoi, Hermanus Brockmann, and Ivan Gubkin. After him are Clarence Hudson White, Jean-Baptiste Mimiague, Arthur Surridge Hunt, Thalia Flora-Karavia, Poul Heegaard, and Henry Stephenson. Among people deceased in 1947, Winston Churchill ranks 201. Before him are Petras Cvirka, Vojtěch Bradáč, Simon Janashia, Erich Hecke, Øistein Schirmer, and Evripidis Bakirtzis. After him are Pedro Ochoa, Julio Lores, Almroth Wright, José Luis Tamayo, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, and Harald Natvig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Winston Churchill ranks 9,934 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Stonestreet (1971), Claire McDowell (1877), Jim Ross (1952), David Rice Atchison (1807), Susan Lucci (1946), Craig Bierko (1964), AJ Michalka (1991), Summer Glau (1981), Tracii Guns (1966), and Mike Garson (1945). After him are Clifford Odets (1906), and Brian Setzer (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Winston Churchill ranks 723. Before him are Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Barbara Kingsolver (1955), John Keel (1930), Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Helen Hunt Jackson (1830), and Julie Garwood (1946). After him are Susan Glaspell (1876), Rebecca Solnit (1961), Whittaker Chambers (1901), David S. Goyer (1965), Conrad Aiken (1889), and Archibald MacLeish (1892).

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