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Winston Groom

1943 - 2020

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Winston Francis Groom Jr. (March 23, 1943 – September 17, 2020) was an American author. He is best known for his best-selling novel Forrest Gump (1986), which became a 1990s cultural phenomenon after being adapted as the film of the same name directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. After the film was released, gaining a high box office and winning numerous awards, Groom's novel sold more than one million copies worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Winston Groom is the 2,304th most popular writer (up from 2,460th in 2019), the 3,320th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,100th in 2019) and the 263rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Winston Groom ranks 2,304 out of 7,302. Before him are Nennius, Jaan Kaplinski, Olga Rozanova, Sholem Schwarzbard, Mak Dizdar, and Stefania Wilczyńska. After him are Alfred Bester, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, Laura Esquivel, Vladimír Clementis, Kathy Reichs, and Jónas Hallgrímsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Winston Groom ranks 215. Before him are Nikolay Shmatko, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Edward L. G. Bowell, Albert Pintat, Nicholas Negroponte, and Carmen Argenziano. After him are Henry Hill, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Stanley Kamel, Walter Godefroot, Kazimira Prunskienė, and Nasr Abu Zayd. Among people deceased in 2020, Winston Groom ranks 174. Before him are Shin Kyuk-ho, Astrid Kirchherr, Nikolay Shmatko, Hans Tilkowski, Ellis Marsalis Jr., and Paik Sun-yup. After him are Robert Shavlakadze, Vittorio Gregotti, Jimmy McLane, Stanisław Kania, Trini Lopez, and Adrianus Johannes Simonis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Winston Groom ranks 3,320 out of 20,380. Before him are William Stanley Jr. (1858), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), Steven Weber (1961), James Scott (1885), Patricia Arquette (1968), and Jensen Ackles (1978). After him are Brian Weiss (1944), Alfred Bester (1913), Horace Wells (1815), Dan Hedaya (1940), Daniel Ellsberg (1931), and Peter Cetera (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Winston Groom ranks 263. Before him are Raymond E. Feist (1945), Anne Applebaum (1964), Katherine Jackson (1930), Harlan Ellison (1934), Suzanne Collins (1962), and Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919). After him are Alfred Bester (1913), Kathy Reichs (1948), Richard Brautigan (1935), Lydia Davis (1947), August Derleth (1909), and Cornell Woolrich (1903).

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