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David Brown

1916 - 2010

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David Brown (July 28, 1916 – February 1, 2010) was an American film and theatre producer and writer who was best known for producing the 1975 film Jaws based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Brown is the 5,341st most popular writer (down from 5,335th in 2019), the 8,321st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,796th in 2019) and the 618th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Brown ranks 5,341 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward Rutherfurd, Takashi Tezuka, Carol J. Adams, Ernest Dowson, Ariel Durant, and Alan Ayckbourn. After him are Suryakant Tripathi, Alexander Vostokov, Kama Sywor Kamanda, John Kaminiates, Michael Frayn, and Michael Herr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, David Brown ranks 243. Before him are David Douglas Duncan, Karen Lachmann, Helene Hanff, Ondina Valla, Milton Babbitt, and Karl-Birger Blomdahl. After him are Lennart Klingström, Toni Branca, Roy Ward Baker, Dorothy Cheney, Julien Darui, and Ken Wharton. Among people deceased in 2010, David Brown ranks 322. Before him are Luigi Padovese, Philippe Séguin, Eva Ibbotson, Nena, Isabella Abbott, and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. After him are Kathryn Grayson, Jorge González, Roy Ward Baker, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Giovanni Pettenella, and William B. Lenoir.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Brown ranks 8,323 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Adler (1972), Carol J. Adams (1951), Mildred Dunnock (1901), Leigh Harline (1907), Rita Gam (1927), and Brian Shaw (1966). After him are Ray Evans (1915), Donald Johnston (1899), Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), James Eckhouse (1955), Michael Herr (1940), and Timothy B. Schmit (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, David Brown ranks 618. Before him are Armistead Maupin (1944), Theodora Kroeber (1897), Ernie Pyle (1900), Helen Thomas (1920), Terry Bisson (1942), and Carol J. Adams (1951). After him are Michael Herr (1940), Bo Goldman (1932), Timothy Zahn (1951), James Lee Burke (1936), Robin Morgan (1941), and Paddy Chayefsky (1923).

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