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Pat Conroy

1945 - 2016

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Donald Patrick Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs; his books The Water is Wide, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini were made into films, the last two being nominated for Oscars. He is recognized as a leading figure of late-20th-century American Southern literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Pat Conroy is the 6,570th most popular writer (down from 6,337th in 2024), the 12,968th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,467th in 2019) and the 922nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Pat Conroy ranks 6,569 out of 7,302. Before him are María Dueñas, John Scalzi, Sabine Baring-Gould, Didier Van Cauwelaert, and Merethe Lindstrøm. After him are Antjie Krog, Samuel Daniel, Anne Enright, Kim Young-ha, Karen Joy Fowler, Khady Sylla, and P. C. Cast.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Pat Conroy ranks 648. Before him are Byron Beck, Amjad Ali Khan, David S. Johnson, Kevin Berry, Annie Dillard, and Ron Glass. After him are Shekhar Mehta, Suzanne Farrell, Larry Craig, Dan Harrington, Winston Peters, and James Buchli. Among people deceased in 2016, Pat Conroy ranks 549. Before him are David S. Johnson, Sergey Mikaelyan, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Noel Neill, and Ron Glass. After him are Yūko Mizutani, Richard Libertini, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Tyrus Wong, Jerry Doyle, and Daniel Prodan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pat Conroy ranks 12,972 out of 20,380. Before him are Hudson Leick (1969), Kyle Richards (1969), James Sie (1962), Lawrence O'Donnell (1951), Peter Masterson (1934), and Irma P. Hall (1935). After him are Kapiʻolani (1834), Keith Gordon (1961), Byron Nelson (1912), Happy Chandler (1898), Art Taylor (1929), and Billy Boy Arnold (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Pat Conroy ranks 922. Before him are Jodi Picoult (1966), John P. Marquand (1893), Norman Podhoretz (1930), William Kennedy (1928), Annie Dillard (1945), and John Scalzi (1969). After him are Karen Joy Fowler (1950), P. C. Cast (1960), Joel Osteen (1963), Alice Stone Blackwell (1857), Veronica Roth (1988), and Philip G. Epstein (1909).

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