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Gregory David Roberts

1952 - Today

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Gregory David Roberts (born Gregory John Peter Smith; 1952) is an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram. He is a former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980 and fled to India, where he lived for ten years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gregory David Roberts is the 4,410th most popular writer (down from 4,123rd in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Australia (down from 144th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Australian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gregory David Roberts ranks 4,410 out of 7,302. Before him are Karl von Holtei, FM-2030, Lydia Chukovskaya, Jafar Jabbarly, Maurice Sachs, and Kito Lorenc. After him are Faizi, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Ahmed Rami, Arkady Averchenko, and Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Gregory David Roberts ranks 342. Before him are Raisa Smetanina, Gregg Henry, Gaëtan Dugas, Peter Haber, Liu He, and Geoff Downes. After him are Randy Crawford, Garry Chalk, Mimi Leder, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Mary Ellen Trainor, and Anna Sui.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Gregory David Roberts ranks 188 out of 1,143. Before him are Jesse Spencer (1979), Mark Edmondson (1954), Malcolm Fraser (1930), Norma Croker (1934), Shirley Strickland (1925), and Stan Rowley (1876). After him are Daniel Ricciardo (1989), Nancye Wynne Bolton (1916), Anna Torv (1979), Peter Carey (1943), Adrian Quist (1913), and Bill Bruce (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Gregory David Roberts ranks 12. Before him are Rhonda Byrne (1945), Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Germaine Greer (1939), Morris West (1916), James Aldridge (1918), and John Flanagan (1944). After him are Peter Carey (1943), Miles Franklin (1879), Joseph Jacobs (1854), Greg Egan (1961), Patricia Wrightson (1921), and Trudi Canavan (1969).

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