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Gloria Vanderbilt

1924 - 2019

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Gloria Laura Vanderbilt (February 20, 1924 – June 17, 2019) was an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite. During the 1930s, she was the subject of a high-profile child custody trial in which her mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and her paternal aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, each sought custody of her and control over her trust fund. Called the "trial of the century" by the press, the court proceedings were the subject of wide and sensational press coverage, due to the wealth and prominence of the involved parties and the scandalous evidence presented to support Whitney's claim that Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt was an unfit parent. In the 1970s, Vanderbilt launched a line of fashions, perfumes, and household goods bearing her name. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gloria Vanderbilt is the 3,768th most popular writer (up from 3,779th in 2019), the 5,440th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,842nd in 2019) and the 430th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Gloria Vanderbilt ranks 3,768 out of 7,302. Before her are Bret Easton Ellis, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Sumitranandan Pant, Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, Aleksandar Tišma, and Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg. After her are Spencer Johnson, Peter Rosegger, Edmond Privat, Dennis Lehane, John Ford, and Gideon Levy.

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Among people born in 1924, Gloria Vanderbilt ranks 265. Before her are Mike Bongiorno, J. J. Johnson, Colleen Dewhurst, Inji Aflatoun, Karen Harup, and Aleksandar Tišma. After her are Basil Bernstein, A. B. Bardhan, Marcel Domingo, František Vláčil, Navvab Safavi, and Leslie Phillips. Among people deceased in 2019, Gloria Vanderbilt ranks 240. Before her are Ram Dass, Oliver Mtukudzi, Sadako Ogata, Janet Asimov, Ivan Dimitrov, and Jan Olszewski. After her are Vojtěch Jasný, Don Alden Adams, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Charles Jencks, Jurica Jerković, and Ari Behn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gloria Vanderbilt ranks 5,440 out of 20,380. Before her are Elizabeth Perkins (1960), Jack DeJohnette (1942), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Charles Reidpath (1889), John Hay (1838), and William Stewart Halsted (1852). After her are Spencer Johnson (1938), David A. R. White (1970), Michael Freedman (1951), Dennis Lehane (1965), John Lurie (1952), and Rick James (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gloria Vanderbilt ranks 430. Before her are Helen Churchill Candee (1858), Robert W. Chambers (1865), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), Cotton Mather (1663), Douglas Preston (1956), and Bret Easton Ellis (1964). After her are Spencer Johnson (1938), Dennis Lehane (1965), V. C. Andrews (1923), Anna Katharine Green (1846), Murray Leinster (1896), and Donald Barthelme (1931).

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