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Thornton Wilder

1897 - 1975

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Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thornton Wilder is the 1,510th most popular writer (down from 1,359th in 2019), the 2,188th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,665th in 2019) and the 175th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thornton Wilder ranks 1,510 out of 7,302. Before him are Régis Debray, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Lydia Koidula, Jean M. Auel, Gore Vidal, and William Heinesen. After him are Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Siegfried Lenz, Fredric Jameson, Henry Steel Olcott, Ken Kesey, and Daniel Pennac.

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Among people born in 1897, Thornton Wilder ranks 86. Before him are Rouben Mamoulian, Douglas Sirk, Carl Oberg, Judith Anderson, Winifred Wagner, and Lepke Buchalter. After him are Károly Kerényi, Mukhtar Auezov, Hans Speidel, Einar Gerhardsen, Richard Russell Jr., and Shoghi Effendi. Among people deceased in 1975, Thornton Wilder ranks 54. Before him are Luigi Dallapiccola, William Phillips, Joseph Bech, Susan Hayward, Gunnar Gunnarsson, and Ernst Hanfstaengl. After him are Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud, George Stevens, Lung Chien, Al Lettieri, Fredric March, and Elijah Muhammad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thornton Wilder ranks 2,188 out of 20,380. Before him are Isaac Hayes (1942), Robert N. Bellah (1927), Alex Jones (1974), Jean M. Auel (1936), William Wallace Denslow (1856), and Gore Vidal (1925). After him are Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), Blase J. Cupich (1949), Henry Ford II (1917), Ving Rhames (1959), and Theda Bara (1885).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Thornton Wilder ranks 175. Before him are James Tiptree Jr. (1915), Martin Gardner (1914), Robert Bloch (1917), Robin Hobb (1952), Jean M. Auel (1936), and Gore Vidal (1925). After him are Fredric Jameson (1934), Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Ken Kesey (1935), Erich Segal (1937), Betty Friedan (1921), and Hunter S. Thompson (1937).

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