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Jack McDevitt

1935 - Today

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Jack McDevitt (born April 14, 1935) is an American science fiction author whose novels frequently deal with attempts to make contact with alien races, and with archaeology or xenoarchaeology. Most of his books follow either superluminal pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins or galactic relic hunters Alex Benedict and Chase Kolpath. McDevitt has received numerous nominations for Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack McDevitt has received more than 310,430 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack McDevitt is the 5,734th most popular writer (down from 5,332nd in 2019), the 8,807th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,573rd in 2019) and the 679th most popular American Writer.

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  • 52.54

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  • 18

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  • 3.23

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  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jack McDevitt ranks 5,734 out of 7,302Before him are Kito Lorenc, James E. Gunn, David Mitchell, Alan Ayckbourn, Katri Vala, and José Manuel Caballero. After him are Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Charles Williams, Can Dündar, Robert Bly, Jules Roy, and Darya Dontsova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jack McDevitt ranks 434Before him are Mal Anderson, Teddy Mayer, Laurynas Stankevičius, Egon Franke, Veli Lehtelä, and Oumarou Ganda. After him are Alberto Mariotti, Prem Chopra, James Cotton, Ivan Calin, Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja, and Assar Rönnlund.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack McDevitt ranks 8,807 out of 20,380Before him are Harold Solomon (1952), Daniel von Bargen (1950), James E. Gunn (1923), Elizabeth Reaser (1975), Margaret Truman (1924), and Florence Price (1887). After him are Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), Austin Butler (1991), Garrett Morris (1937), Edith Abbott (1876), Frederick Moloney (1882), and David Buss (1953).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jack McDevitt ranks 679Before him are Earl Derr Biggers (1884), Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923), Dee Brown (1908), Henry Ward Beecher (1813), Robert Christgau (1942), and James E. Gunn (1923). After him are Robert Bly (1926), Ann Rule (1931), Gardner Dozois (1947), Diana Der Hovanessian (1934), Daniel Pearl (1963), and Steven Saylor (1956).