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William Monahan

1960 - Today

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William J. Monahan (born November 3, 1960) is an American screenwriter and novelist. His second produced screenplay The Departed (2006), an adaptation of Andrew Lau's 2002 gangster film Infernal Affairs, earned him a Writers Guild of America Award and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. William Monahan is the 6,669th most popular writer (down from 6,548th in 2024), the 13,504th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,606th in 2019) and the 956th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, William Monahan ranks 6,669 out of 7,302. Before him are Camilla Grebe, Hanan al-Shaykh, N. K. Jemisin, James Patrick Kelly, Michelle Paver, and Les Murray. After him are Jeff Davis, Terence Winter, Jill Abramson, Tie Ning, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Lady Gabriella Kingston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, William Monahan ranks 618. Before him are Lev Manovich, Peter Seisenbacher, Matt Salinger, Ralph Sampson, Michelle Paver, and Olivia Brown. After him are Terence Winter, Jutta Behrendt, Olivier Lenglet, Luis Fortuño, Beate Eriksen, and Katrina Leskanich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Monahan ranks 13,508 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Russo (1914), Kevin Eastman (1962), Lacey Chabert (1982), Mekhi Phifer (1974), Mary Ellen Rudin (1924), and Chris Crocker (1987). After him are Jimmy McHugh (1894), Angela Jones (1968), Veda Ann Borg (1915), Stacy Peralta (1957), Randall Thompson (1899), and Jeff Davis (1975).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Monahan ranks 956. Before him are Geoffrey A. Landis (1955), Joe Medicine Crow (1913), Wayne C. Booth (1921), James Weldon Johnson (1871), N. K. Jemisin (1972), and James Patrick Kelly (1951). After him are Jeff Davis (1975), Terence Winter (1960), Jill Abramson (1954), Sarah Orne Jewett (1849), Philip Levine (1928), and Tim Kring (1957).

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