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Frank McCourt

1930 - 2009

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Francis McCourt (August 19, 1930 – July 19, 2009) was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank McCourt is the 2,816th most popular writer (down from 2,364th in 2019), the 4,054th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,965th in 2019) and the 322nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Frank McCourt ranks 2,816 out of 7,302. Before him are Mastoureh Ardalan, Dritëro Agolli, Bernardo Atxaga, Elio Vittorini, Koriun, and Ibn Warraq. After him are Nodira, Colleen Hoover, Pentti Linkola, Juan Boscán Almogáver, Justus of Tiberias, and Alice Schwarzer.

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Among people born in 1930, Frank McCourt ranks 227. Before him are Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Richie Ginther, Claude Bolling, Donn F. Eisele, Lawrence Eagleburger, and Hussain Muhammad Ershad. After him are Anne Francis, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Ahmad Jamal, José Ramón Machado Ventura, Juan Gelman, and Stuart Lewis-Evans. Among people deceased in 2009, Frank McCourt ranks 136. Before him are Giovanni Arrighi, Francisco Ayala, Walter Cronkite, Konstantin Feoktistov, Willy DeVille, and Budd Schulberg. After him are Marilyn Chambers, Abdellatif Filali, Karl Koller, Johannes Mario Simmel, Joseph Wiseman, and Paula Hawkins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank McCourt ranks 4,054 out of 20,380. Before him are Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), Gene Deitch (1924), Jesse Ventura (1951), Dan Castellaneta (1957), Ada Blackjack (1898), and David Graeber (1961). After him are Sam Giancana (1908), Mira Sorvino (1967), Luther Burbank (1849), Morgan Taylor (1903), Colleen Hoover (1979), and Desmond Child (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Frank McCourt ranks 322. Before him are Ben Hecht (1893), Budd Schulberg (1914), Vince Gilligan (1967), Edward Bellamy (1850), Tony Robbins (1960), and Mary Mapes Dodge (1831). After him are Colleen Hoover (1979), William L. Shirer (1904), Lucia Berlin (1936), Harold Robbins (1916), Charles Berlitz (1913), and Adrienne Rich (1929).

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