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William Gibson

American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist

1948 - today

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His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2024). William Gibson is the 1,065th most popular writer (down from 1,012th in 2024), the 1,522nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,175th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Writer.

William Gibson is most famous for his novel Neuromancer, which has been called the "best cyberpunk novel ever written" and "the archetypal cyberpunk work."

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Among Writers

Among writers, William Gibson ranks 1,065 out of 7,302. Before him are Radoje Domanović, Robert Graves, Brian O'Nolan, Clifford D. Simak, Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, and P. L. Travers. After him are Nikolay Nekrasov, W. G. Sebald, Paul Bourget, Marcus Manilius, Meša Selimović, and Ilia Chavchavadze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, William Gibson ranks 81. Before him are Amadou Toumani Touré, Tom Wilkinson, Nicolae Timofti, Radomir Antić, Luis Galván, and Brian Eno. After him are Bernard-Henri Lévy, Svetlana Savitskaya, Edmund Kemper, Jayalalithaa, Ichirou Mizuki, and Raymond Leo Burke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Gibson ranks 1,522 out of NaN. Before him are Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), Francis Gary Powers (1929), Arthur Ashe (1943), James Van Allen (1914), Clifford D. Simak (1904), and John Gotti (1940). After him are Pitbull (1981), Al Jarreau (1940), Joseph Kosuth (1945), Adrien Brody (1973), Thelonious Monk (1917), and Ronald Wayne (1934).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Gibson ranks 118. Before him are Nellie Bly (1864), Ed Bradley (1941), Dalton Trumbo (1905), Eleanor H. Porter (1868), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), and Clifford D. Simak (1904). After him are Thomas Pynchon (1937), Edith Wharton (1862), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), Harriet Jacobs (1813), Tess Gerritsen (1953), and Roger Zelazny (1937).

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