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Budd Schulberg

1914 - 2009

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Budd Schulberg (born Seymour Wilson Schulberg; March 27, 1914 – August 5, 2009) was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer. He was known for his novels What Makes Sammy Run? (1941) and The Harder They Fall (1947), as well as his screenplays for On the Waterfront (1954) and A Face in the Crowd (1957), receiving an Academy Award for the former. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Budd Schulberg is the 2,775th most popular writer (up from 2,898th in 2019), the 3,990th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,659th in 2019) and the 317th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Budd Schulberg ranks 2,775 out of 7,302. Before him are Neil Postman, Alexandra Ripley, Heinrich Hoffmann, Jonas Jonasson, Fleur Jaeggy, and Ben Hecht. After him are Olympiodorus of Thebes, Commodian, Kekaumenos, Thomas Otway, Sextus Pompeius Festus, and Leandro Fernández de Moratín.

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Among people born in 1914, Budd Schulberg ranks 160. Before him are Hernán Siles Zuazo, Harry F. Byrd Jr., Kazimierz Świątek, Albrecht Brandi, Sun Ra, and Domènec Balmanya. After him are Magda Frank, Adolf Diekmann, Maxim of Bulgaria, Giorgio Almirante, Tito Okello, and Mihailo Lalić. Among people deceased in 2009, Budd Schulberg ranks 135. Before him are Sidney Wood, Giovanni Arrighi, Francisco Ayala, Walter Cronkite, Konstantin Feoktistov, and Willy DeVille. After him are Frank McCourt, Marilyn Chambers, Abdellatif Filali, Karl Koller, Johannes Mario Simmel, and Joseph Wiseman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Budd Schulberg ranks 3,990 out of 20,380. Before him are Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), Earle Meadows (1913), Dan Sullivan (1964), Edward MacDowell (1860), Michael Gazzaniga (1939), and Ben Hecht (1893). After him are Jackie Stallone (1921), Scott Walker (1967), Steve Harvey (1957), Shirley Jones (1934), Katherine Heigl (1978), and Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Budd Schulberg ranks 317. Before him are Herman Wouk (1915), Donald E. Westlake (1933), Robert James Waller (1939), Neil Postman (1931), Alexandra Ripley (1934), and Ben Hecht (1893). After him are Vince Gilligan (1967), Edward Bellamy (1850), Tony Robbins (1960), Mary Mapes Dodge (1831), Frank McCourt (1930), and Colleen Hoover (1979).

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