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Zig Ziglar

American author, salesman, and motivational speaker

1926 - 2012

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His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Zig Ziglar is the 5,271st most popular writer (down from 4,825th in 2024), the 8,147th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,644th in 2019) and the 605th most popular American Writer.

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Zig Ziglar shares a November 6 birthday with Suleiman the Magnificent, Joanna of Castile, and Charles II of Spain.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Zig Ziglar ranks 5,271 out of 7,302. Before him are Yann Martel, Abbas Sahhat, John Antoine Nau, Adolf Born, Heinrich Laube, and Dorrit Willumsen. After him are Marmaduke Pickthall, Vikenty Veresaev, A. E. Housman, Kalliroi Parren, Dee Brown, and Imants Ziedonis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Zig Ziglar ranks 395. Before him are Bill Sharman, Annie Palmen, Arne Bendiksen, Anahit Tsitsikian, Helene Ahrweiler, and Dietmar Schönherr. After him are Angus Scrimm, Helen Gallagher, David Malet Armstrong, Alfonso Sastre, Mustafa Ertan, and Gu Chaohao. Among people deceased in 2012, Zig Ziglar ranks 329. Before him are István Rózsavölgyi, Alketas Panagoulias, Dara Singh, Carmen Basilio, Keith Campbell, and Zalman King. After him are Humayun Ahmed, Bill Moggridge, Valeri Vasiliev, Lyudmila Kasatkina, Chikage Awashima, and Barry Commoner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zig Ziglar ranks 8,147 out of 20,380. Before him are Kenny Barron (1943), Butterfly McQueen (1911), Mary L. Cleave (1947), Dooley Wilson (1886), Bernard Hopkins (1965), and Richard Egan (1921). After him are Daniel Wu (1974), Dee Brown (1908), Albertson Van Zo Post (1866), John Marin (1870), Bert Stern (1929), and Greta Lee (1983).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, Zig Ziglar ranks 605. Before him are Helene Hanff (1916), Alan Dean Foster (1946), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Chester Himes (1909), Damon Knight (1922), and John Antoine Nau (1860). After him are Dee Brown (1908), Richard Russo (1949), Tony Mendez (1940), Elizabeth Hawley (1923), Jack Canfield (1944), and Joe R. Lansdale (1951).

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