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Joseph Wambaugh

1937 - 2025

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Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. (January 22, 1937 – February 28, 2025) was an American writer known for his fictional and nonfictional accounts of police work in the United States. Many of his novels are set in Los Angeles and its surroundings and feature Los Angeles police officers as protagonists. He won three Edgar Awards, and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Wambaugh is the 5,074th most popular writer (up from 6,597th in 2019), the 7,715th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,911th in 2019) and the 580th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Joseph Wambaugh ranks 5,074 out of 7,302. Before him are George du Maurier, Amitav Ghosh, Takeshi Shudo, Linda Grant, Miyamoto Yuriko, and Michiel de Swaen. After him are Alan Woods, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Gesualdo Bufalino, Gabriel Miró, and Hermann Kant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Joseph Wambaugh ranks 395. Before him are Kader Khan, Margaret O'Brien, Wilbur Ross, Willi Giesemann, Vladimir Makanin, and Hassan Habibi. After him are Shirley Eaton, Nina Companeez, Chris Blackwell, Umyar Mavlikhanov, René Kollo, and Amparo Baró. Among people deceased in 2025, Joseph Wambaugh ranks 204. Before him are Florence Delay, Bernd Cullmann, Ileana Silai, David Johansen, Alvaro Vitali, and Angie Stone. After him are Brian Murphy, Nikola Pokrivač, Juan Aguilera, David Souter, Pauli Nevala, and Robert Jarvik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Wambaugh ranks 7,717 out of 20,380. Before him are Karl Warner (1908), Maud Wagner (1877), Randy Brecker (1945), William Bolcom (1938), Bonnie Bartlett (1929), and Wilmer Allison (1904). After him are Michael Constantine (1927), Harvey Fierstein (1954), Henry Slocum (1862), Benjamin Orr (1947), Don McKenzie (1947), and Seth Godin (1960).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joseph Wambaugh ranks 580. Before him are Frank Norris (1870), George Washington Williams (1849), Rita Mae Brown (1944), Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902), Jeffrey Eugenides (1960), and John Gardner (1933). After him are Julia Alvarez (1950), Robert Charles Wilson (1953), Michael Bishop (1945), Larry McMurtry (1936), Chris Van Allsburg (1949), and Ben Bova (1932).

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