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Douglas Murray

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Douglas Murray (born 16 July 1979) is a British-American conservative political commentator, cultural critic, author, and journalist. He is currently an associate editor of the conservative British political and cultural magazine The Spectator, and has been a regular contributor to The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun, the Daily Mail, New York Post, National Review, The Free Press, and UnHerd. His books include Neoconservatism: Why We Need It (2006), The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam (2017), The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity (2019), The War on the West (2022), and On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel, Hamas and the Future of the West (2025). Murray was the associate director of the Henry Jackson Society, a conservative think tank, from 2011 to 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Douglas Murray is the 7,128th most popular writer (down from 6,842nd in 2024), the 6,967th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,378th in 2019) and the 738th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Douglas Murray ranks 7,128 out of 7,302. Before him are Kamala Markandaya, Cheikh Tidiane Gaye, Ilze Liepa, Saša Stanišić, Andrea Levy, and Andy Rooney. After him are Gjekë Marinaj, Ruth Ozeki, Fabio Volo, Nelly Arcan, Laura Lippman, and Jenni Haukio.

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Among people born in 1979, Douglas Murray ranks 675. Before him are Micaela Ramazzotti, Adolfo Bautista, Mozart, Chen Yanqing, Jana Pallaske, and Ivan Bošnjak. After him are Thierry Gueorgiou, Mikel Astarloza, Katharina Schüttler, Denis Golovanov, Natalia Zhukova, and Justin Bruening.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Douglas Murray ranks 6,969 out of 8,785. Before him are Terry Fenwick (1959), Callum Blue (1977), Barry Ferguson (1978), Dhani Harrison (1978), Penny Mordaunt (1973), and Liam Fox (1961). After him are Steve Wooddin (1955), Kevin Beattie (1953), Antony Costa (1981), Sammy McIlroy (1954), Con O'Neill (1966), and Robert Glenister (1960).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Douglas Murray ranks 738. Before him are John Mortimer (1923), Ken MacLeod (1954), Matt Haig (1975), Simon Sinek (1973), Dennis Potter (1935), and Andrea Levy (1956). After him are David Nicholls (1966), Terry Nation (1930), George Monbiot (1963), Mark Ravenhill (1966), Edward Lucas (1962), and Adrian Tchaikovsky (1972).

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