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Michael Jackson

1942 - 2007

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Michael James Jackson (27 March 1942 – 30 August 2007) was an English writer and journalist. He was the author of many influential books about beer and whisky. He was a regular contributor to a number of broadsheets, particularly The Independent and The Observer. Jackson's books have sold over three million copies worldwide and have been translated into 18 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Jackson is the 3,023rd most popular writer, the 2,209th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 252nd most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Jackson ranks 3,023 out of 7,302Before him are Åsa Larsson, Bo Carpelan, Antoninus Liberalis, Marius Maximus, Kjell Askildsen, and Hans Erich Nossack. After him are Andrei Amalrik, Yury Olesha, Thor Vilhjálmsson, Donna Tartt, Jens Baggesen, and Nathan Birnbaum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Michael Jackson ranks 259Before him are Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Ana Blandiana, Ian Dury, Ivan Mládek, Vera Alentova, and Peter Habeler. After him are Anatoly Berezovoy, Emília Vášáryová, Radu Vasile, Roberto Perfumo, The Iron Sheik, and Jean-Luc Ponty. Among people deceased in 2007, Michael Jackson ranks 162Before him are Osvaldo Cavandoli, Toše Proeski, Ladislav Adamec, Naziha al-Dulaimi, Antonio Aguilar, and Darlene Conley. After him are Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Jim Gray, Benjamin Libet, Stuart Rosenberg, Parry O'Brien, and Sandro Salvadore.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Jackson ranks 2,209 out of 8,785Before him are Timothy Garton Ash (1955), Nicolas Roeg (1928), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), Joseph Lancaster (1778), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), and Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924). After him are Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), William Hartnell (1908), Charles Barry (1795), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Cuthbert (635), and Alan Sillitoe (1928).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Michael Jackson ranks 252Before him are Robert Burton (1577), Richard Baxter (1615), Wilfred Owen (1893), John Cleland (1709), Lytton Strachey (1880), and Caroline Graham (1931). After him are Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Alan Sillitoe (1928), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), Robert Fisk (1946), and William Ernest Henley (1849).