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Ken Adam

1921 - 2016

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Sir Kenneth Adam (born Klaus Hugo George Fritz Adam; 5 February 1921 – 10 March 2016) was a German-British movie production designer, best known for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for Dr. Strangelove and Salon Kitty. Adam won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction. Born in Berlin, he relocated to England with his Jewish family at the age of 13 soon after the Nazis came to power. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Adam is the 4,126th most popular writer (down from 4,117th in 2019), the 4,147th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,092nd in 2019) and the 251st most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Ken Adam ranks 4,126 out of 7,302. Before him are Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Bragi Boddason, Gabriela Adameșteanu, Princess Delphine of Belgium, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, and Yusuf Idris. After him are Herman Heijermans, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, John Mauropous, Johan Turi, Pascal Lainé, and Sue Townsend.

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Among people born in 1921, Ken Adam ranks 262. Before him are Grigory Chukhray, Inge Borkh, François Picard, Ted Schroeder, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, and Paco Godia. After him are Mustafa Ben Halim, Kazimierz Górski, Antonino Rocca, Elizabeth Wilson, Jack Kramer, and John Agar. Among people deceased in 2016, Ken Adam ranks 283. Before him are Pen Sovan, Garry Shandling, Jimmy Bain, Yvette Chauviré, Rune Larsson, and Pierre Aubert. After him are Raoul Coutard, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Afeni Shakur, Turgay Şeren, Paul Bley, and Harry Wu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ken Adam ranks 4,149 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771), Elisabeth Schumann (1888), Sandra Hüller (1978), Loris Karius (1993), Johannes Baptista von Albertini (1769), and Ernst Herzfeld (1879). After him are Georg Schrimpf (1889), Christian Albrecht Jensen (1792), Herbert Wehner (1906), Peter Joseph Lenné (1789), Georg Buschner (1925), and Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Ken Adam ranks 251. Before him are Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807), Herbert Achternbusch (1938), Emmy Hennings (1885), Carl Sternheim (1878), Maximilian Harden (1861), and Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931). After him are Irmgard Keun (1905), Cordelia Edvardson (1929), Johann Georg von Hahn (1811), Ruth Westheimer (1928), Max Lange (1832), and Emanuel Geibel (1815).

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