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Whittaker Chambers

1901 - 1961

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Whittaker Chambers (born Jay Vivian Chambers; April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American author, journalist, and spy. After dropping out of Columbia University, Chambers joined the open Communist Party in 1925. He wrote and edited for the New Masses and the Daily Worker, before being ordered to go underground as a secret agent for the Soviet intelligence services. From 1932 to 1938 he was part of the clandestine "Ware Group", based in Washington, D.C. Disillusioned by Joseph Stalin's rule and by Communism more broadly, Chambers defected from the Soviet spy ring and eventually found employment at Time magazine, where he rose to become a senior editor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Whittaker Chambers is the 5,920th most popular writer (down from 5,598th in 2019), the 9,971st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,423rd in 2019) and the 725th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Whittaker Chambers ranks 5,920 out of 7,302. Before him are Fatima Meer, Walter Moers, Rebecca Solnit, Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, Samuel Benchetrit, and Nikolay Rubtsov. After him are Brigitte Kronauer, Jules Roy, David Storey, Jeroen Brouwers, José Jiménez Lozano, and Fredrik Backman.

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Among people born in 1901, Whittaker Chambers ranks 322. Before him are Leopoldo Conti, Francis Chichester, Helen Ferguson, Shirley Mason, Richard Brauer, and Brian Donlevy. After him are Frank Buckles, Paul Fix, Modesto Denis, Anna Aloys Henga, Katri Vala, and Miguel Brito. Among people deceased in 1961, Whittaker Chambers ranks 184. Before him are William Alexander Morgan, Harry DeBaecke, Anita Stewart, Elda Emma Anderson, Niels Petersen, and Kazimierz Laskowski. After him are Zoltan Korda, Augustus John, Gail Russell, Miriam A. Ferguson, Eugene Bullard, and Augusto Barcía Trelles.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Whittaker Chambers ranks 9,973 out of 20,380. Before him are Ira Aldridge (1807), Donald Gibb (1954), Charles Stanton Ogle (1865), Amy Poehler (1971), Elle Fanning (1998), and Madelaine Petsch (1994). After him are Larry Adler (1914), Pernell Whitaker (1964), Hayden Panettiere (1989), Hal Blaine (1929), Charles Hartshorne (1897), and MC Ren (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Whittaker Chambers ranks 725. Before him are Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Helen Hunt Jackson (1830), Julie Garwood (1946), Winston Churchill (1871), Susan Glaspell (1876), and Rebecca Solnit (1961). After him are David S. Goyer (1965), Conrad Aiken (1889), Archibald MacLeish (1892), Marc Connelly (1890), Theodore Roethke (1908), and Bill Bright (1921).

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