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Damon Runyon

1880 - 1946

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Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American journalist and short-story writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from Brooklyn or Midtown Manhattan. The adjective Runyonesque refers to this type of character and the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Damon Runyon is the 6,391st most popular writer (down from 6,354th in 2024), the 11,904th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,581st in 2019) and the 864th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Damon Runyon ranks 6,391 out of 7,302. Before him are R. C. Sherriff, Lorraine Hansberry, David McCullough, Beverly Cleary, Felicia Hemans, and Susan Hill. After him are Helena Norberg-Hodge, Leslie Feinberg, Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, James Branch Cabell, John Addington Symonds, and Renata Viganò.

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Among people born in 1880, Damon Runyon ranks 224. Before him are Alexander Hall, Thomas Thorstensen, Tom Taylor, Louis Wolheim, Jean Alexandre Barré, and Giles Gilbert Scott. After him are Georg Hoffmann, Thomas Griffith Taylor, Elizabeth Kenny, Nora Bayes, Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, and George Poage. Among people deceased in 1946, Damon Runyon ranks 223. Before him are Kate Bruce, James Cecil Parke, Harlan F. Stone, Jeanie MacPherson, Slim Summerville, and Charles Oman. After him are Herbert Baker, Lionel Atwill, Helen Bannerman, John Langalibalele Dube, Miles Mander, and Countee Cullen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Damon Runyon ranks 11,906 out of 20,380. Before him are Susan Bernard (1948), Joanna Kerns (1953), Tom Carper (1947), Bruce Weitz (1943), Tatyana Ali (1979), and Krystal Jung (1994). After him are Chris Hughes (1983), Gintaras Grušas (1961), John Hiatt (1952), Kimberly Guilfoyle (1969), Matthew Davis (1978), and C. J. Ramone (1965).

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Among writers born in United States, Damon Runyon ranks 864. Before him are Richard Price (1949), Charles Olson (1910), S. E. Hinton (1948), Lorraine Hansberry (1930), David McCullough (1933), and Beverly Cleary (1916). After him are Leslie Feinberg (1949), James Branch Cabell (1879), George B. Seitz (1888), Glenn Greenwald (1967), Michael McClure (1932), and Alice Hoffman (1952).

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