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Robert Leckie

1920 - 2001

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Robert Hugh Leckie (December 18, 1920 – December 24, 2001) was a United States Marine and an author of books about the military history of the United States, Catholic history and culture, sports books, fiction books, autobiographies, and children's books. As a young man, he served with the 1st Marine Division during World War II; his service as a machine gunner and a scout during the war greatly influenced his work. Leckie's war memoir, Helmet for My Pillow, along with Eugene B. Sledge's book With the Old Breed, formed the basis for the HBO series The Pacific (2010), the follow-up series to Band of Brothers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Leckie has received more than 24,388 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Leckie is the 3,691st most popular writer (up from 4,113th in 2019), the 4,719th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,591st in 2019) and the 393rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 15

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  • 3.05

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Leckie ranks 3,691 out of 7,302. Before him are Dmitry Grigorovich, Oksana Zabuzhko, Louise Penny, Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Peter Rosegger, and Thomas Friedman. After him are Johan Turi, Albert Aurier, Yevhen Hrebinka, Coelius Sedulius, Christiane Rochefort, and David Shore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Robert Leckie ranks 225. Before him are Augusto da Costa, Fiorenzo Magni, Clifton James, Françoise d'Eaubonne, Hilda Bernard, and Eric Sturgess. After him are Nikolai Grinko, Hilmar Baunsgaard, Putra of Perlis, Gerda Lerner, Henry Eriksson, and Silvestre Igoa. Among people deceased in 2001, Robert Leckie ranks 157. Before him are Salahuddin of Selangor, Jaromil Jireš, Helge Ingstad, Don Bradman, Arie van Vliet, and Malcom McLean. After him are Enrique Mateos, Ninette de Valois, Katharine Graham, Ken Aston, Gordon R. Dickson, and Mohamed Atta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Leckie ranks 4,719 out of 20,380. Before him are Malcom McLean (1913), Bridget Moynahan (1971), Jesse Eisenberg (1983), Gene Tunney (1897), Theodore Lyman IV (1874), and Thomas Friedman (1953). After him are Stormy Daniels (1979), William Hoyt (1875), Claudette Colvin (1939), David Geffen (1943), Bill Goldberg (1966), and John Singleton Copley (1738).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Leckie ranks 393. Before him are Lillian Hellman (1905), John Ashbery (1927), Richard Yates (1926), Marta Kauffman (1956), Helen Churchill Candee (1858), and Thomas Friedman (1953). After him are Joe Haldeman (1943), Janet Asimov (1926), James A. Michener (1907), Og Mandino (1923), John Gray (1951), and Hal Clement (1922).

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