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Whittaker Chambers

1901 - 1961

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Whittaker Chambers (nascido Jay Vivian Chambers; Filadélfia, Pensilvânia, 1 de abril de 1901 - Westminster, Maryland, 9 de julho de 1961) foi um escritor e editor norte-americano que, após os primeiros anos como membro do Partido Comunista (1925) e espião soviético (1932-1938), desertou em 1938, trabalhou para a revista Time (1939–1948) e depois testemunhou sobre o grupo Ware no que se tornou o caso Hiss por perjúrio (1949–1950), muitas vezes referido como o julgamento do século, todos descritos em seu livro de memórias Witness, de 1952. Depois, ele trabalhou como editor sênior na National Review (1957-1959). O presidente dos EUA, Ronald Reagan, concedeu-lhe a Medalha Presidencial da Liberdade postumamente em 1984. Leia mais na Wikipédia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Whittaker Chambers is the 5,923rd most popular escritor (down from 5,598th in 2024), the 9,987th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,423rd in 2019) and the 726th most popular American Escritor.

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Among Escritors

Among escritors, Whittaker Chambers ranks 5,923 out of 7,302. Before him are Fatima Meer, Walter Moers, Rebecca Solnit, Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, Samuel Benchetrit, and Nikolay Rubtsov. After him are Brigitte Kronauer, Jules Roy, David Storey, Jeroen Brouwers, José Jiménez Lozano, and Fredrik Backman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Whittaker Chambers ranks 322. Before him are Leopoldo Conti, Francis Chichester, Helen Ferguson, Shirley Mason, Richard Brauer, and Brian Donlevy. After him are Frank Buckles, Paul Fix, Modesto Denis, Anna Aloys Henga, Katri Vala, and Miguel Brito. Among people deceased in 1961, Whittaker Chambers ranks 184. Before him are William Alexander Morgan, Harry DeBaecke, Anita Stewart, Elda Emma Anderson, Niels Petersen, and Kazimierz Laskowski. After him are Zoltan Korda, Augustus John, Gail Russell, Miriam A. Ferguson, Eugene Bullard, and Augusto Barcía Trelles.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Whittaker Chambers ranks 9,989 out of 20,380. Before him are Ira Aldridge (1807), Donald Gibb (1954), Charles Stanton Ogle (1865), Amy Poehler (1971), Elle Fanning (1998), and Madelaine Petsch (1994). After him are Larry Adler (1914), Pernell Whitaker (1964), Hayden Panettiere (1989), Hal Blaine (1929), Charles Hartshorne (1897), and MC Ren (1969).

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Among Escritors In United States

Among escritors born in United States, Whittaker Chambers ranks 726. Before him are Daniel Goldhagen (1959), Helen Hunt Jackson (1830), Julie Garwood (1946), Winston Churchill (1871), Susan Glaspell (1876), and Rebecca Solnit (1961). After him are David S. Goyer (1965), Conrad Aiken (1889), Archibald MacLeish (1892), Marc Connelly (1890), Theodore Roethke (1908), and Bill Bright (1921).

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