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William Joyce

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William Brooke Joyce (24 April 1906 – 3 January 1946), nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born fascist and Nazi propaganda broadcaster during the Second World War. After moving from New York to Ireland and subsequently to England, Joyce became a member of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists (BUF) from 1932, before finally moving to Germany at the outset of the war where he took Nazi German citizenship in 1940. After his capture, Joyce, who had been issued a British passport when he lived in England after misstating his nationality, was convicted in the United Kingdom of high treason in 1945 and sentenced to death. The Court of Appeal and the House of Lords both upheld his conviction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Joyce is the 6,978th most popular writer (down from 6,864th in 2024), the 15,190th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,506th in 2019) and the 1,075th most popular American Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, William Joyce ranks 6,978 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles Frazier, Faye Kellerman, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Mona Eltahawy, Emily St. John Mandel, and J. Hillis Miller. After him are Jacek Dukaj, Deborah Feldman, Robert Pinsky, Peter V. Brett, Javier Sicilia, and Mavis Gallant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, William Joyce ranks 713. Before him are Jody Watley, Koenraad Elst, Marek Ostrowski, Sergei Alifirenko, Dave Meltzer, and Hirokazu Yagi. After him are Cindy Hyde-Smith, Alain Bondue, José Figueroa, Julia Sweeney, Tom Chambers, and Fabio Lanzoni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Joyce ranks 15,196 out of 20,380. Before him are Arleen Sorkin (1956), J. Hillis Miller (1928), Irene Ryan (1902), Jordan Ladd (1975), Irene Hervey (1909), and Scott Speed (1983). After him are Ben Schwartz (1981), Gloria Henry (1923), Dick Thornburgh (1932), Rutina Wesley (1978), B.J. Penn (1978), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (1959).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Joyce ranks 1,075. Before him are Al Jean (1961), Seth Meyers (1973), Adam Curry (1964), Charles Frazier (1950), Faye Kellerman (1952), and J. Hillis Miller (1928). After him are Deborah Feldman (1986), Robert Pinsky (1940), Peter V. Brett (1973), Elizabeth Kostova (1964), Marc Laidlaw (1960), and Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875).

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