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Nicholas Pileggi

1933 - Today

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Nicholas Pileggi (, Italian: [piˈleddʒi]; born February 22, 1933) is an American author, screenwriter and journalist. He wrote the 1985 non-fiction book Wiseguy and co-wrote the screenplay for Goodfellas, its 1990 film adaptation, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Pileggi is the 4,444th most popular writer (down from 4,152nd in 2019), the 6,621st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,471st in 2019) and the 501st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Nicholas Pileggi ranks 4,444 out of 7,302. Before him are Dmitry Grigorovich, Kathy Acker, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Joe Eszterhas, and Justine Siegemund. After him are Yōko Ogawa, Vladislav Khodasevich, Grace Elliott, Alexander Odoevsky, Peter Carey, and Hanna Krall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Nicholas Pileggi ranks 330. Before him are Otar Chiladze, Ágnes Gergely, Frank Gorshin, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Lou Rawls, and Vladimir Melanin. After him are Juzo Itami, Diane Disney Miller, Muhamed Mujić, Leonid Kharitonov, Dumitru Pârvulescu, and Sven-Olov Sjödelius.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nicholas Pileggi ranks 6,622 out of 20,380. Before him are Scott Eastwood (1986), Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906), John Mellencamp (1951), Judith Rich Harris (1938), George Simpson (1908), and Tony Ferguson (1984). After him are Raoul Trujillo (1955), William H. Dana (1930), Bob Schul (1937), Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823), Carol Alt (1960), and John Hejduk (1929).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nicholas Pileggi ranks 501. Before him are Diane Ackerman (1948), James Salter (1925), Connie Willis (1945), Kathy Acker (1947), Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863), and Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906). After him are Diane Disney Miller (1933), Lloyd Alexander (1924), Tracy Chevalier (1962), C. J. Cherryh (1942), David Mamet (1947), and Mona Simpson (1957).

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