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Bob Woodward

1943 - Today

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Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the honorific title of associate editor there, though the Post no longer employs him. While a reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Woodward teamed up with Carl Bernstein, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Woodward is the 1,756th most popular writer (up from 2,028th in 2019), the 2,562nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,563rd in 2019) and the 206th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Bob Woodward ranks 1,756 out of 7,302. Before him are Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, Sri Chinmoy, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, and Mário de Andrade. After him are Mór Jókai, Adalberon, Antonio Skármeta, Nora Ephron, Minna Canth, and Silvina Ocampo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bob Woodward ranks 156. Before him are José Ángel Iribar, Jack Bruce, Chris Amon, Barış Manço, Edie Sedgwick, and Tim Hunt. After him are Armando Guebuza, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, R. L. Stine, Czesława Kwoka, Dominik Duka, and Ove Kindvall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Woodward ranks 2,562 out of 20,380. Before him are Mimi Rogers (1956), Edie Sedgwick (1943), George Gaylord Simpson (1902), Lorraine Bracco (1954), Casey Affleck (1975), and George William Hill (1838). After him are Rosie Perez (1964), William Labov (1927), Glenn Frey (1948), Albert King (1923), Nora Ephron (1941), and Candy Darling (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Bob Woodward ranks 206. Before him are John Gray (1951), Anne Sexton (1928), Patricia Cornwell (1956), Johnston McCulley (1883), Jack Vance (1916), and Rick Riordan (1964). After him are Nora Ephron (1941), R. L. Stine (1943), Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Jeffery Deaver (1950), and Upton Sinclair (1878).

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