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David Mamet

1947 - Today

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David Alan Mamet (; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). He first gained critical acclaim for a trio of 1970s off-Broadway plays: The Duck Variations, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and American Buffalo. His plays Race and The Penitent, respectively, opened on Broadway in 2009 and previewed off-Broadway in 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Mamet is the 4,486th most popular writer (up from 4,546th in 2019), the 6,682nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,126th in 2019) and the 506th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, David Mamet ranks 4,486 out of 7,302. Before him are C. J. Cherryh, Ludwig Bechstein, Ngaio Marsh, Andrée Chedid, Zaharia Stancu, and Norman Manea. After him are Tullio Pinelli, Yosef Haim Brenner, Adolf Ivar Arwidsson, Catherine Millet, Ferenc Karinthy, and Léon Damas.

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Among people born in 1947, David Mamet ranks 475. Before him are Linda Thorson, John Johnson, Ladislav Kuna, Nicolae Dobrin, Lupita Ferrer, and Sylvester. After him are Maurizio Micheli, David Chiang, Robert Hays, Juliet Berto, Jan T. Gross, and Michèle Torr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Mamet ranks 6,684 out of 20,380. Before him are Tracy Chevalier (1962), C. J. Cherryh (1942), Gailard Sartain (1946), Harry Partch (1901), Clive Davis (1932), and Lou Thesz (1916). After him are Renée Elise Goldsberry (1971), Wilfred Jackson (1906), Beulah Bondi (1889), AJ Lee (1987), Elvin Hayes (1945), and David Amram (1930).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, David Mamet ranks 506. Before him are Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906), Nicholas Pileggi (1933), Diane Disney Miller (1933), Lloyd Alexander (1924), Tracy Chevalier (1962), and C. J. Cherryh (1942). After him are Mona Simpson (1957), David Baldacci (1960), Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908), Tad Williams (1957), John Piper (1946), and Mike Resnick (1942).

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