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William Gibson

1914 - 2008

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William Gibson (November 13, 1914 – November 25, 2008) was an American playwright and novelist. He won the Tony Award for Best Play for The Miracle Worker in 1959, which he later adapted for a film version in 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Gibson is the 4,897th most popular writer (up from 5,033rd in 2019), the 7,402nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,081st in 2019) and the 559th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Gibson ranks 4,897 out of 7,302. Before her are Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Norman Spinrad, Andreas Kalvos, Saint-Pol-Roux, Alex Garland, and Heðin Brú. After her are Alina Fernández, Simon Leys, Georg Calixtus, Andrejs Upīts, Alexander Abusch, and Álvaro Pombo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, William Gibson ranks 287. Before her are Carlos Menditeguy, Irmã Dulce, Armen Alchian, Aharon Katzir, Sven Jacobsson, and Manlio Di Rosa. After her are Victor Sen Yung, Severino Rigoni, Hermann Pilnik, Dagmar Lange, Carlo Biagi, and Peter Whitehead. Among people deceased in 2008, William Gibson ranks 247. Before her are Wu Xueqian, Tom Lantos, Ola Brunkert, John Templeton, Eugenio Montejo, and Kurt Furgler. After her are Gábor Delneky, Halszka Osmólska, Sergey Mergelyan, Mikhail Solomentsev, Luis de Souza Ferreira, and Paulos Faraj Rahho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Gibson ranks 7,404 out of 20,380. Before her are Tim Hardin (1941), Norman Spinrad (1940), Edgar Winter (1946), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Josh Hutcherson (1992), and Tom Kane (1962). After her are Edward S. Holden (1846), Ashrita Furman (1954), Daniel von Bargen (1950), Elliot See (1927), Drea de Matteo (1972), and Michael Harner (1929).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Gibson ranks 559. Before her are Robert Leckie (1920), Jim Harrison (1937), Paul Theroux (1941), Steven Millhauser (1943), Mary Oliver (1935), and Norman Spinrad (1940). After her are Neal Stephenson (1959), John Esposito (1940), Erica Jong (1942), Russell Kirk (1918), Carrie Nation (1846), and Robert Lowell (1917).

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