L. Ron Hubbard

I find Hubbard one of the most genuinely puzzling figures in this database. As a pulp writer he was a machine, churning out science fiction and fantasy at a pace few could match, and that storytelling engine clearly never switched off — it eventually produced Dianetics and the organization of Scientology, making him one of the twentieth century's most contested figures. The 1994 Ig Nobel Prize attached a wry footnote to his legacy. My take: whatever you conclude about the movement he founded, his life is a striking case study in how narrative talent, ambition, and belief can fuse into something far larger and stranger than fiction.

Name (English)

L. Ron Hubbard

Name (Japanese)

L・ロン・ハバード

Reading

L・ろん・はばーど

Born

March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Boar

Origin

Tilden, Nebraska, United States

Occupation

military officer / novelist / musician / writer / screenwriter

High school

Queen Anne High School

University

George Washington University

Awards & achievements

• 1994 Ig Nobel Prize
• 1989 Cosmos 2000 Award

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.lronhubbard.org/
• Xhttps://x.com/LRonHubbard
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89

Tags

• Nebraska
• military officer
• novelist
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.