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David Morrell

1943 - Today

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David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel First Blood, later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 30 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Morrell has received more than 627,144 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). David Morrell is the 2,016th most popular writer (up from 2,128th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Canada (up from 121st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Writer.

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  • 630k

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  • 55.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Morrell ranks 2,016 out of 5,755Before him are Eustache Deschamps, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Michel de Ghelderode, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, and Mustafa Balel. After him are James Herriot, August Derleth, Phylarchus, Philip Sidney, Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, and Nordahl Grieg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, David Morrell ranks 175Before him are Bill Duke, Barry Manilow, Ronnie Spector, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Joanna Shimkus, and Ian Kershaw. After him are Dominik Duka, Nicholas Negroponte, Nolan Bushnell, Wallace Shawn, Dragan Nikolić, and José Ángel Iribar.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, David Morrell ranks 119 out of 1,350Before him are Peter Cullen (1941), Joshua Slocum (1844), Martin Short (1950), Catherine O'Hara (1954), Joanna Shimkus (1943), and Jean Chrétien (1934). After him are Bonar Law (1858), William Osler (1849), Brian Kernighan (1942), Gerald Bull (1928), Wilfrid Laurier (1841), and Paul Martin (1938).

Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, David Morrell ranks 7Before him are Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874), Alice Munro (1931), Margaret Atwood (1939), Saul Bellow (1915), A. E. van Vogt (1912), and Brian Tracy (1944). After him are Shulamith Firestone (1945), David Shore (1959), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Gabrielle Roy (1909), Naomi Klein (1970), and Mordecai Richler (1931).

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