1943 - Today
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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Among writers, David Morrell ranks 2,016 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1346 - 1406
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 2,010
1802 - 1861
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 2,011
1889 - 1956
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 2,012
1898 - 1962
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 2,013
1888 - 1963
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 2,014
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 2,015
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,016
1916 - 1995
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,017
1909 - 1971
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,018
255 BC - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,019
1554 - 1586
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,020
100 - 66
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 2,021
1902 - 1943
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 2,022
Among people born in 1943, David Morrell ranks 175. Before 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.
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 169
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 170
1943 - 2022
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 171
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 172
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 173
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 174
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 175
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 176
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 177
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 178
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 179
1943 - 2016
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 180
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 181
Among people born in Canada, David Morrell ranks 119 out of 1,350. Before 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).
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 113
1844 - 1909
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 114
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 115
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 116
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 117
1934 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 118
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 119
1858 - 1923
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 120
1849 - 1919
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 121
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 122
1928 - 1990
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 123
1841 - 1919
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 124
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 125
Among writers born in Canada, David Morrell ranks 7. Before 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).
1874 - 1942
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 1
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 2
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 3
1915 - 2005
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 4
1912 - 2000
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 5
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 6
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 7
1945 - 2012
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 9
1939 - 2021
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 10
1909 - 1983
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 11
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 12
1931 - 2001
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 13