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Dan Savage

1964 - Today

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Daniel Keenan Savage (born October 7, 1964) is an American author, media pundit, journalist, and LGBTQ community activist. He writes Savage Love, an internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column. In 2010, Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, began the It Gets Better Project to help prevent suicide among LGBTQ youth. He has also worked as a theater director, sometimes credited as Keenan Hollahan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Savage is the 7,167th most popular writer (down from 7,007th in 2024), the 16,475th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,634th in 2019) and the 1,133rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Dan Savage ranks 7,167 out of 7,302. Before him are Kamila Shamsie, Sipan Shiraz, Rudolfo Anaya, Anne Michaels, Care Santos, and Terry Nation. After him are Petr Zelenka, Lucille Clifton, Gaël Faye, Julia Serano, George Monbiot, and Elizabeth Hand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Dan Savage ranks 998. Before him are Stephan Elliott, Helga Arendt, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Doug Ford, Ronan Vibert, and Ulf Samuelsson. After him are Patricia Kraus, Sergey Dmitriyev, Giorgi Dvali, Armin Eichholz, Faith Ford, and Jack Endino.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dan Savage ranks 16,482 out of 20,380. Before him are Jiří Dienstbier Jr. (1969), Marcus Camby (1974), Robert Iler (1985), Melina Matsoukas (1981), John H. Cox (1955), and Matthew Centrowitz Jr. (1989). After him are Charles Graner (1968), Valeska Suratt (1882), Brook Lee (1971), Marc Cohn (1959), Yuna Ito (1983), and William Lee Scott (1973).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Dan Savage ranks 1,133. Before him are Doris Kearns Goodwin (1943), Jay Asher (1975), Sherman Alexie (1966), Liz Murray (1980), Piper Kerman (1969), and Rudolfo Anaya (1937). After him are Lucille Clifton (1936), Julia Serano (1967), Elizabeth Hand (1957), Dave Barry (1947), Walt Dohrn (1970), and Mark Boal (1973).

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