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Maria Shriver

1955 - Today

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Maria Owings Shriver ( SHRY-vər; born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist, author, a member of the prominent Shriver and Kennedy families, former First Lady of California, and the founder of the nonprofit organization The Women's Alzheimer's Movement. She was married to former governor of California and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, from whom she filed for divorce in 2011; which was finalized in 2021. Shriver began her journalism career at CBS station KYW-TV and briefly anchored the CBS Morning News before joining NBC News in 1986. After anchoring weekend editions of the Today show and the NBC Nightly News, she became a correspondent for Dateline NBC, also covering politics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Shriver is the 1,937th most popular writer (down from 1,340th in 2019), the 2,844th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,632nd in 2019) and the 230th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maria Shriver ranks 1,937 out of 7,302. Before her are Nelson Algren, Mary Norton, Chuck Palahniuk, Alexander Polyhistor, Don Juan Manuel, and Jakub Bart-Ćišinski. After her are Eustache Deschamps, Jean Paulhan, Ludwig Uhland, Sanai, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Emmanuel Carrère.

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Among people born in 1955, Maria Shriver ranks 115. Before her are Siri Hustvedt, Claudio Gugerotti, Horacio Pagani, Azar Nafisi, Ron Johnson, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After her are Thomas C. Südhof, Philippe Troussier, Bruno Conti, Joseph Dunford, Brian Kobilka, and Miguel Ferrer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maria Shriver ranks 2,844 out of 20,380. Before her are Nelson Algren (1909), Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Richard Ramirez (1960), Bob Bennett (1933), Muriel Humphrey Brown (1912), and Wally Schirra (1923). After her are Lois Chiles (1947), Fred Haise (1933), Jonathan Frakes (1952), Ann Dunham (1942), Scooter Libby (1950), and Pat Metheny (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Maria Shriver ranks 230. Before her are Shirley Jackson (1916), Frederik Pohl (1919), E. E. Cummings (1894), John Barth (1930), Nelson Algren (1909), and Chuck Palahniuk (1962). After her are Agnes Smedley (1892), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Nicholas Sparks (1965), William Moulton Marston (1893), Virginia Henderson (1897), and Frances Harper (1825).

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