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Peter Shaffer

1926 - 2016

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Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (15 May 1926 – 6 June 2016) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. His best-known works are the plays Equus and Amadeus, both of which earned him the Tony Award for Best Play. They were later adapted for the screen by Shaffer himself in 1977 and 1984, respectively. He was nominated for an Academy Award for both screenplays, winning for Amadeus, which also earned him a Golden Globe Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Peter Shaffer is the 1,822nd most popular writer (up from 2,486th in 2024), the 1,631st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,838th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Peter Shaffer ranks 1,822 out of 7,302. Before him are Algernon Charles Swinburne, Álvaro Mutis, Petros Markaris, Alexander Grin, Ruan Ji, and Oliver Goldsmith. After him are Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Elizabeth Bishop, Abbot Oliba, Anthony Trollope, Valery Bryusov, and Philip José Farmer.

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Among people born in 1926, Peter Shaffer ranks 140. Before him are Marian Jaworski, Norman Jewison, Paul Baran, Don Rickles, Riz Ortolani, and Andrea Kékesy. After him are Elias Hrawi, Ray Price, Claude Akins, Marie-Claire Alain, Rafi Eitan, and Muhammad al-Badr. Among people deceased in 2016, Peter Shaffer ranks 125. Before him are Glenn Frey, Michel Rocard, Madeleine Lebeau, Jorge Batlle, William H. McNeill, and Neville Marriner. After him are Meir Dagan, Héctor Babenco, Ernst Nolte, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Alexandre Astruc, and André Courrèges.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Shaffer ranks 1,631 out of 8,785. Before him are Neville Marriner (1924), George Albert Smith (1864), Simon Stock (1164), Annie Chapman (1841), Mike Hailwood (1940), and William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759). After him are Dave Sexton (1930), George Grenville (1712), George Bentham (1800), Frances Shand Kydd (1936), Anthony Trollope (1815), and John Hanning Speke (1827).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Peter Shaffer ranks 173. Before him are Edward Lear (1812), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Aphra Behn (1640), Colin Dexter (1930), Ted Hughes (1930), and Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837). After him are Anthony Trollope (1815), Lucinda Riley (1965), Walafrid Strabo (808), R. M. Ballantyne (1825), John Christopher (1922), and Hugh Lofting (1886).

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