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Ben Bova

American writer

1932 - 2020

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His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Bova is the 5,122nd most popular writer (up from 5,297th in 2024), the 7,796th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,689th in 2019) and the 584th most popular American Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Ben Bova ranks 5,122 out of 7,302Before him are Károly Kisfaludy, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Larry McMurtry, Chris Van Allsburg, Jens Bjørneboe, and Júlia Szendrey. After him are Marin Preda, Claudio Williman, Mochtar Lubis, Ferdinand von Saar, Sarah Kirsch, and Duygu Asena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Ben Bova ranks 374Before him are Stéphane Bruey, Robert B. Parker, Clifton Williams, Gavril Dejeu, Aleksandr Belyavsky, and Billie Whitelaw. After him are Brian Murphy, Vasili Kuznetsov, Cesare Perdisa, Paul Anderson, Bronius Kutavičius, and Casey Kasem. Among people deceased in 2020, Ben Bova ranks 490Before him are Flossie Wong-Staal, Oskar Fischer, Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, Claude Barthélemy, Efraín Sánchez, and Kiki Dimoula. After him are Hartwig Gauder, Ron Tauranac, György Kárpáti, Flavio Bucci, Jean Brankart, and Eduardo Lourenço.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Bova ranks 7,796 out of NaNBefore him are Kirsten Price (1981), Ramsey Clark (1927), Chandra Wilson (1969), Michael Marsh (1967), Corinne Griffith (1894), and Holcombe Ward (1878). After him are Kathleen Battle (1948), John E. Blaha (1942), Tess Harper (1950), John Jeffries (1745), Amanda Bearse (1958), and Molly Ringwald (1968).

Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ben Bova ranks 584Before him are Joseph Wambaugh (1937), Julia Alvarez (1950), Robert Charles Wilson (1953), Michael Bishop (1945), Larry McMurtry (1936), and Chris Van Allsburg (1949). After him are Ann Druyan (1949), Candace Bushnell (1958), Arthur Golden (1956), Stephen Hunter (1946), David Crane (1957), and Jacqueline Susann (1918).

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