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Robert Bolt

1924 - 1995

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Robert Oxton Bolt (15 August 1924 – 20 February 1995) was an English playwright and a screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and A Man for All Seasons, the latter two of which won him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Bolt is the 4,621st most popular writer (up from 4,796th in 2019), the 3,636th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,492nd in 2019) and the 392nd most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert Bolt ranks 4,621 out of 7,302. Before him are Winston Graham, Krishan Chander, August Spies, Vesna Parun, Vittoria Aganoor, and Kostas Karyotakis. After him are Mary McCarthy, Johann David Wyss, Abdullah Goran, Vittorio Messori, Sotion, and Dan Andersson.

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Among people born in 1924, Robert Bolt ranks 330. Before him are David Cox, Frank Havens, Roger Marche, Sonny Stitt, Paruyr Sevak, and Karel Kachyňa. After him are Bobo Brazil, Freddie Bartholomew, John Love, Abdulah Gegić, Rudy Van Gelder, and Billy Barty. Among people deceased in 1995, Robert Bolt ranks 215. Before him are Nida Senff, Ted Drake, Henri Laborit, Massimo Pallottino, René Lemoine, and Mira Lobe. After him are Nicolás Lindley López, René Bader, Maurinho, J. William Fulbright, Nancy Kelly, and Julio Caro Baroja.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Bolt ranks 3,637 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845), Nat Lofthouse (1925), Jean Shrimpton (1942), Richard de Bury (1287), Michael Ruse (1940), and Adrian Edmondson (1957). After him are Andrew Fisher (1862), Phil Brown (1959), Lady Arbella Stuart (1575), Freddie Bartholomew (1924), Eva Le Gallienne (1899), and Paul Weller (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Bolt ranks 392. Before him are Michael Morpurgo (1943), John Stott (1921), Anne Bradstreet (1612), Robert Edmond Grant (1793), Grace Aguilar (1816), and Winston Graham (1908). After him are Thomas Nashe (1567), Elizabeth Goudge (1900), Isaac Watts (1674), George Crabbe (1754), Amelia Edwards (1831), and Richard Pococke (1704).

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