WRITER

Louis L'Amour

1908 - 1988

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Louis Dearborn L'Amour (; né LaMoore; March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels, though he called his work "frontier stories". His most widely known Western fiction works include Last of the Breed, Hondo, Shalako, and the Sackett series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis L'Amour has received more than 1,772,691 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis L'Amour is the 5,208th most popular writer (down from 4,998th in 2019), the 7,499th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,433rd in 2019) and the 586th most popular American Writer.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louis L'Amour ranks 5,208 out of 7,302. Before him are Sam Lake, Lester del Rey, David McKee, Miklós Jósika, Nikolai Pogodin, and Carlos Monsiváis. After him are Leigh Bardugo, Alexander Shishkov, Polydore Vergil, Theodora Kroeber, Natalya Baranskaya, and Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Louis L'Amour ranks 309. Before him are Henri Lepage, Hermógenes Fonseca, Roger Beaufrand, Ion Lăpușneanu, Jiro Sato, and Osvaldo Velloso de Barros. After him are Natalya Baranskaya, Inga Gentzel, Ugo Pignotti, Erik Almgren, Yvette Cauchois, and Pierre Graber. Among people deceased in 1988, Louis L'Amour ranks 197. Before him are Mike Beuttler, Nando González, Anna Sipos, Eric A. Havelock, Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, and Christian Matras. After him are Jackie Milburn, Max Black, Alf Kjellin, Plácido Galindo, Aya Kitō, and Bernard Leene.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis L'Amour ranks 7,499 out of 20,380. Before him are Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (1978), Alice Neel (1900), Verna Felton (1890), William Castle (1914), Strother Martin (1919), and Sarah Silverman (1970). After him are Andy Stanfield (1927), Bruce Arena (1951), Monte Blue (1887), Lothrop Stoddard (1883), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), and Theodora Kroeber (1897).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Louis L'Amour ranks 586. Before him are Richard Powers (1957), Ernie Pyle (1900), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Philip Agee (1935), Rita Mae Brown (1944), and Lester del Rey (1915). After him are Theodora Kroeber (1897), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), Fran Lebowitz (1950), Leo Buscaglia (1924), Katherine Neville (1945), and Thomas Ligotti (1953).

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