Writer

David Halberstam

American writer, journalist and historian

1934 - 2007

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David Halberstam

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). David Halberstam is the 5,802nd most popular writer (up from 6,137th in 2024), the 9,530th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,386th in 2019) and the 696th most popular American Writer.

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Apr 10

David Halberstam shares a April 10 birthday with James V of Scotland, Hugo Grotius, and Vladimir Nabokov.

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Among Writers

Among writers, David Halberstam ranks 5,802 out of 7,302. Before him are José Rodrigues dos Santos, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Jessica Mitford, Robert E. Sherwood, Roma Ryan, and Michael Shermer. After him are Joel Chandler Harris, Penelope Lively, Claude McKay, Jacob Abbott, Park Wan-suh, and Teréz Karacs.

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Roma Ryan
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HPI: 53.54
Rank: 5,801
David Halberstam
1934 - 2007
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 5,802
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HPI: 53.53
Rank: 5,803
Penelope Lively
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 5,804
Claude McKay
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HPI: 53.52
Rank: 5,805
Jacob Abbott
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HPI: 53.52
Rank: 5,806
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HPI: 53.52
Rank: 5,807
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HPI: 53.52
Rank: 5,808

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, David Halberstam ranks 479. Before him are Andrzej Kopiczyński, Tina Louise, Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov, Roy Kinnear, Charles Jenkins Sr., and Guillermo Sepúlveda. After him are Giuseppina Leone, Les Mills, Curtis Fuller, Evy Berggren, Stanton T. Friedman, and Vladislav Illich-Svitych. Among people deceased in 2007, David Halberstam ranks 350. Before him are Teoctist Arăpașu, R. B. Kitaj, Tammy Faye Messner, Madeleine L'Engle, Josep Pintat Solans, and Anne McLaren. After him are Fred Saberhagen, Muhammad Osman Said, Fenny Heemskerk, José Antonio Roca, Jurga Ivanauskaitė, and Carey Bell.

Others Born in 1934

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Andrzej Kopiczyński
ACTOR
1934 - 2016
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 473
Tina Louise
ACTOR
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 474
Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov
WRITER
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 475
Roy Kinnear
ACTOR
1934 - 1988
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 476
Charles Jenkins Sr.
ATHLETE
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 477
Guillermo Sepúlveda
SOCCER PLAYER
1934 - 2021
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 478
David Halberstam
WRITER
1934 - 2007
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 479
Giuseppina Leone
ATHLETE
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 480
Les Mills
ATHLETE
1934 - 2026
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 481
Curtis Fuller
MUSICIAN
1934 - 2021
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 482
Evy Berggren
GYMNAST
1934 - 2018
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 483
Stanton T. Friedman
PHYSICIST
1934 - 2019
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 484
Vladislav Illich-Svitych
LINGUIST
1934 - 1966
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 485