Writer

Lester Bangs

American music critic and journalist

1948 - 1982

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His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Lester Bangs is the 6,474th most popular writer (down from 6,185th in 2024), the 12,159th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,639th in 2019) and the 875th most popular American Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Lester Bangs ranks 6,474 out of 7,302Before him are Robert Cormier, Michel Faber, Oles Buzina, Denise Levertov, Kate Morton, and Snooki. After him are Naja Marie Aidt, P. H. Newby, Benjamin Zephaniah, Alice Sebold, Leyla Aliyeva, and Terry Southern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Lester Bangs ranks 711Before him are Rainer Schmidt, Hilarion Kapral, Nina Rocheva, Kristina Hautala, Trevor Brooking, and Antonio Biosca. After him are Cliff Thorburn, Guy Tunmer, Walter Smith, John Evan, Joachim Mattern, and You Si-kun. Among people deceased in 1982, Lester Bangs ranks 299Before him are Otto von Porat, William Cameron Townsend, Erik Larsson, Rab Butler, Vivien Merchant, and Theo Fitzau. After him are Hugh Marlowe, Paul Lynde, Eric Brandon, Big Joe Williams, Hilda James, and Arthur Lowe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lester Bangs ranks 12,159 out of NaNBefore him are Jake Garn (1932), Dean Malenko (1960), Levi Leipheimer (1973), AnnaSophia Robb (1993), Anthony Johnson (1984), and Tamara Tunie (1959). After him are Don Young (1933), Kristen Johnston (1967), Tip O'Neill (1912), Terence Crawford (1987), Zina Garrison (1963), and Sam McMurray (1952).

Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lester Bangs ranks 875Before him are Glenn Greenwald (1967), Michael McClure (1932), Alice Hoffman (1952), Ann Coulter (1961), Joel Barlow (1754), and Robert Cormier (1925). After him are Alice Sebold (1963), Terry Southern (1924), John Burroughs (1837), Bosley Crowther (1905), Sarah Josepha Hale (1788), and Alan Dundes (1934).

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