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William L. Shirer

1904 - 1993

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William Lawrence Shirer (; February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist, war correspondent, and historian. His Nazi Germany history, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich has been read and cited in scholarly works for more than 60 years; its 50th anniversary was marked by a new edition of the book. As a young man just out of college, in 1925 Shirer was hired by the Chicago Tribune and later worked for the International News Service; he was the first reporter hired by Edward R. Murrow for what became a CBS radio team of journalists known as "Murrow's Boys". He became well known for his broadcasts from Berlin, from the rise of the Nazi dictatorship through the first year of World War II. Together with Murrow, on Sunday, March 13, 1938, he organized the first broadcast world news roundup, a format still followed by news broadcasts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William L. Shirer is the 2,831st most popular writer (up from 2,849th in 2019), the 4,077th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,607th in 2019) and the 324th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, William L. Shirer ranks 2,831 out of 7,302. Before him are Wipo of Burgundy, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Mihail Sadoveanu, Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus, Ludwig Rellstab, and Marthe Bibesco. After him are Xu Zhimo, Mihály Vörösmarty, Imre Madách, Guiraut Riquier, John Evelyn, and Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav.

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Among people born in 1904, William L. Shirer ranks 138. Before him are Alexandrina of Balazar, Frederick Ashton, Edgar P. Jacobs, Vilis Lācis, Delmer Daves, and Cecil Beaton. After him are Goffredo Petrassi, Lippo Hertzka, Sergei Yutkevich, Miguel Capuccini, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, and James J. Gibson. Among people deceased in 1993, William L. Shirer ranks 108. Before him are Józef Czapski, Ugo Locatelli, Wolfgang Lotz, Shovkat Alakbarova, Sun Ra, and Monte Melkonian. After him are Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, John Tuzo Wilson, Richard Jordan, Guido Masetti, Stanley Myers, and Henry Hazlitt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William L. Shirer ranks 4,077 out of 20,380. Before him are John Krasinski (1979), Richard Cheese (1965), Anne Francis (1930), Edwin Moses (1955), Sandra Dee (1942), and Daniel Bryan (1981). After him are Steve Gadd (1945), Jeff Fahey (1952), Max Baer (1909), James Mangold (1963), Lucia Berlin (1936), and Miley Cyrus (1992).

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Among writers born in United States, William L. Shirer ranks 324. Before him are Vince Gilligan (1967), Edward Bellamy (1850), Tony Robbins (1960), Mary Mapes Dodge (1831), Frank McCourt (1930), and Colleen Hoover (1979). After him are Lucia Berlin (1936), Harold Robbins (1916), Charles Berlitz (1913), Adrienne Rich (1929), Tom Robbins (1932), and Judith Miller (1948).

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