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William Wharton

1925 - 2008

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Albert William Du Aime (November 7, 1925 – October 29, 2008), more commonly known by his pen name William Wharton, was an American-born author best known for his first novel Birdy, which was also made into a critically acclaimed film of the same name in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Wharton is the 4,669th most popular writer (down from 4,376th in 2019), the 7,002nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,839th in 2019) and the 530th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, William Wharton ranks 4,669 out of 7,302. Before him are Moacyr Scliar, Chris Morgan, George Crabbe, Osip Senkovsky, Anton Buttigieg, and Felix Dahn. After him are Agapius of Hierapolis, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Shel Silverstein, Eliška Krásnohorská, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, and Amelia Edwards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, William Wharton ranks 336. Before him are David A. Huffman, Geraldine Brooks, Wolfgang Unzicker, P. Bhanumathi, Carlo Annovazzi, and Abel Muzorewa. After him are András Toma, Bruce Kirby, Brent Scowcroft, Anne Jackson, Leslie Laing, and Angelo Conterno. Among people deceased in 2008, William Wharton ranks 234. Before him are Evelyn Keyes, Sœur Emmanuelle, Natalia Bessmertnova, Van Johnson, Giovanni Viola, and Abdulah Gegić. After him are Janwillem van de Wetering, Nikolai Baibakov, Xie Jin, David Gale, Heinz Wewers, and Leonard Rosenman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Wharton ranks 7,004 out of 20,380. Before him are John Exley (1867), Gil Scott-Heron (1949), Alf Landon (1887), Terry Bozzio (1950), Leslie Grossman (1971), and Jason Scott Lee (1966). After him are Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825), J. William Fulbright (1905), Jim Dine (1935), Shel Silverstein (1930), Robert Trivers (1943), and Corey Johnson (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Wharton ranks 530. Before him are Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), A. Merritt (1884), Nathanael West (1903), Joanna Russ (1937), Maxwell Anderson (1888), and Chris Morgan (1966). After him are Shel Silverstein (1930), Elbert Hubbard (1856), Zane Grey (1872), Saul Alinsky (1909), Marta Kauffman (1956), and Robert Greene (1959).

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