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Alvin Sargent

1927 - 2019

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Alvin Sargent (April 12, 1927 – May 9, 2019) was an American screenwriter. He won two Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Julia (1977) and Ordinary People (1980). Sargent's other works include screenplays of the films The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1970), Paper Moon (1973), Nuts (1987), White Palace (1990), What About Bob? (1991), Unfaithful (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Alvin Sargent is the 2,975th most popular religious figure (down from 2,908th in 2024), the 9,997th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,509th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alvin Sargent ranks 2,975 out of 3,187. Before him are Walter Rauschenbusch, Nicholas II of Constantinople, Bilal Philips, Domenico Battaglia, François Bustillo, and Cosmo Gordon Lang. After him are José Humberto Quintero Parra, Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, Aimee Semple McPherson, Thirteen Assyrian Fathers, Sajida al-Rishawi, and Mirza Tahir Ahmad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Alvin Sargent ranks 411. Before him are Edie Adams, John Kander, Juan José Pizzuti, Kees Broekman, Edward Kienholz, and Egon Günther. After him are Chris Connor, Tamara Nosova, Leslie Orgel, W. S. Merwin, Teodor Kocerka, and Frank O'Farrell. Among people deceased in 2019, Alvin Sargent ranks 476. Before him are Daniel Johnston, John Paul Stevens, Valerie Harper, Brigitte Kronauer, Pernell Whitaker, and Hal Blaine. After him are Thanos Mikroutsikos, Wallace Smith Broecker, Elwyn Berlekamp, W. S. Merwin, Sheila Dikshit, and Clive Swift.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alvin Sargent ranks 9,999 out of 20,380. Before him are Vanessa Estelle Williams (1963), George Clymer (1739), Beatrix Loughran (1900), Erik Prince (1969), Richard M. Sherman (1928), and Sam Altman (1985). After him are William Pinkney (1764), Henry Proctor (1929), Olivia Harrison (1948), Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), Timothy Weah (2000), and Jackie McLean (1931).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Alvin Sargent ranks 93. Before him are Tammy Faye Messner (1942), Jim Elliot (1927), C. I. Scofield (1843), John Cody (1907), Franklin Graham (1952), and Walter Rauschenbusch (1861). After him are James J. Martin (1960), Katharine Drexel (1858), John T. Scopes (1900), John McCloskey (1810), Joseph F. Smith (1838), and Blanche Barton (1961).

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