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Anthony Shaffer

1926 - 2001

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Anthony Joshua Shaffer (15 May 1926 – 6 November 2001) was a British playwright, screenwriter, novelist, barrister, and advertising executive. He is best remembered for his Tony Award winning play Sleuth, and its acclaimed 1972 film adaptation. His screenplays included Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy and folk horror The Wicker Man. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Anthony Shaffer is the 5,966th most popular writer (down from 5,892nd in 2024), the 4,983rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,688th in 2019) and the 543rd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Anthony Shaffer ranks 5,966 out of 7,302. Before him are Roger Foulon, Florian Zeller, John Gardner, W. S. Merwin, Árpád Tóth, and Kevin J. Anderson. After him are Mehmed Uzun, Bessie Head, Fedor Samokhin, Eduard Bass, David Benioff, and Aleksandr Chakovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Anthony Shaffer ranks 459. Before him are Katie Boyle, Zena Marshall, Ralph Abernathy, Shohachi Ishii, Maria Janion, and John Gardner. After him are Jimmy Heath, Rashidi Kawawa, Elemér Szathmáry, Tom Tryon, Ernst Larsen, and José Manuel Caballero. Among people deceased in 2001, Anthony Shaffer ranks 302. Before him are Mwanza Mukombo, N. G. L. Hammond, Larry Adler, Norman Granz, Tatyana Averina, and Jennifer Syme. After him are Kira Ivanova, Jale İnan, Mohammad Rabbani, Aleksandr Volodin, David M. Walker, and Marita Petersen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Shaffer ranks 4,984 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark Ronson (1975), John Gardner (1926), Meave Leakey (1942), Darren Shahlavi (1972), Benjamin Wilson (1721), and Michael Winterbottom (1961). After him are Joe Hart (1987), Clive Swift (1936), Katrin Cartlidge (1961), Colin Hay (1953), Dennis Wise (1966), and Willie Applegarth (1890).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Anthony Shaffer ranks 543. Before him are Jacqueline Wilson (1945), David Storey (1933), Sarah Waters (1966), Michael Drayton (1563), Tanith Lee (1947), and John Gardner (1926). After him are Iolo Morganwg (1747), Dan Houser (1974), Antonia Fraser (1932), Thomas Campbell (1777), Thomas Heywood (1574), and Thomas Warton (1728).

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