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Sidney Sheldon

1917 - 2007

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Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1930s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), which earned him an Oscar in 1948. He went on to work in television, where over twenty years he created The Patty Duke Show (1963–66), I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70), and Hart to Hart (1979–84). After turning 50, he began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels, such as The Other Side of Midnight (1973), Master of the Game (1982), and Rage of Angels (1980). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sidney Sheldon is the 567th most popular writer (down from 563rd in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from United States (down from 577th in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Writer.

Sidney Sheldon is most famous for his novels, which are usually suspenseful and romantic.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sidney Sheldon ranks 567 out of 7,302. Before him are James Hilton, Salvatore Quasimodo, Beatrix Potter, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Sayat-Nova, and Frontinus. After him are Frederick Forsyth, Arthur Koestler, Alfred Jarry, Klaus Ebner, Gaius Julius Hyginus, and Napoleon Hill.

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Among people born in 1917, Sidney Sheldon ranks 28. Before him are Joan Clarke, John Cornforth, Robert Burns Woodward, Kenan Evren, Anthony Burgess, and Donald Davidson. After him are Leonid Hurwicz, Óscar Romero, Andrew Huxley, William Standish Knowles, Otto Günsche, and Nur Muhammad Taraki. Among people deceased in 2007, Sidney Sheldon ranks 19. Before him are Ernst Otto Fischer, Kai Siegbahn, Maurice Béjart, Marcel Marceau, Alan Ball Jr., and Benazir Bhutto. After him are Aden Adde, Albert Ellis, Paul Cohen, Theodore Maiman, Ralph Asher Alpher, and Gian Carlo Menotti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sidney Sheldon ranks 729 out of 20,380. Before him are Margaret Mead (1901), Martin Landau (1928), Francis Fukuyama (1952), James Caan (1940), Donna Summer (1948), and Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916). After him are Eddie Murphy (1961), Reese Witherspoon (1976), Hugh David Politzer (1949), Napoleon Hill (1883), Maya Angelou (1928), and Doris Day (1922).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sidney Sheldon ranks 61. Before him are Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), William S. Burroughs (1914), Tennessee Williams (1911), Richard Bach (1936), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), and Tom Clancy (1947). After him are Napoleon Hill (1883), Maya Angelou (1928), Washington Irving (1783), Bell hooks (1952), Ellen G. White (1827), and Theodore Dreiser (1871).

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