Writer

Masha Gessen

Russian-American journalist and activist

1967 - today

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Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Masha Gessen is the 6,540th most popular writer (down from 3,809th in 2024), the 2,577th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,388th in 2019) and the 284th most popular Russian Writer.

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Jan 13

Masha Gessen shares a January 13 birthday with Cleopatra, Wilhelm Wien, and George Gurdjieff.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Masha Gessen ranks 6,540 out of 7,302. Before her are Rick Falkvinge, Walter Lord, Shirley Ann Grau, Mieko Kawakami, Ellen Willis, and Sahir Ludhianvi. After her are Brian Friel, Paul Klebnikov, DBC Pierre, Janet Evanovich, Michael Chabon, and Delmore Schwartz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Masha Gessen ranks 457. Before her are Claudinho, Niki Caro, Juan Carlos Unzué, Nobuhiro Takeda, Alberto García Aspe, and Jeff Jarrett. After her are Dale Crover, Mo'Nique, Magnus Gustafsson, Gosha Kutsenko, Dhafer Youssef, and Uche Okafor.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Masha Gessen ranks 2,577 out of 3,761. Before her are Leyla Aliyeva (1984), Aleksandr Marshal (1957), Alan Dzagoev (1990), Yelena Slesarenko (1982), Andrei Bukin (1957), and Igor Shalimov (1969). After her are Yevgeny Mironov (1966), Alexander Barykin (1952), Natalie Glebova (1981), Lyudmila Lyadova (1925), Magomedsalam Magomedov (1964), and Yekaterina Fesenko (1958).

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Among Writers In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Masha Gessen ranks 284. Before her are Māra Zālīte (1952), Alex Yermolinsky (1958), Alexey Dreev (1969), Zakhar Prilepin (1975), Ksenia Sobchak (1981), and Leyla Aliyeva (1984). After her are Yulia Latynina (1966), Yevgeny Rein (1935), Dmitry Bykov (1967), Olga Slavnikova (1957), Andrey Malakhov (1972), and Rubén Gallego (1968).

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