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Athol Fugard

1932 - 2025

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His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Athol Fugard is the 3,914th most popular writer (up from 6,267th in 2024), the 89th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 191st in 2019) and the 10th most popular South African Writer.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Athol Fugard ranks 3,914 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikola Vaptsarov, Saken Seifullin, Zhou Zuoren, Mika Antić, Friedrich von Bodenstedt, and István Örkény. After him are Apollon Maykov, Fadwa Tuqan, Seán O'Casey, Charles Grandison Finney, Michael Blake, and Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Athol Fugard ranks 270. Before him are Fritz Klein, Paulinho de Almeida, Tinka Kurti, Loretta Lynn, Mika Antić, and Quentin Blake. After him are Halston, Lyudvig Chibirov, Bill Byrge, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Bruce Glover, and U. R. Ananthamurthy. Among people deceased in 2025, Athol Fugard ranks 287. Before him are Joan Harrison, Udo Voigt, Russell M. Nelson, Hans van Manen, Clem Burke, and Nina Grebeshkova. After him are Valerie Mahaffey, Steve Cropper, Joe Bugner, Bill Byrge, Roger Lukaku, and Martin Parr.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Athol Fugard ranks 89 out of NaN. Before him are J. L. B. Smith (1897), Walter Sisulu (1912), Alice Krige (1954), Laurens van der Post (1906), Joan Harrison (1935), and J. B. M. Hertzog (1866). After him are Chris Heunis (1927), Trevor Jones (1949), Janet Suzman (1939), Frances Ames (1920), Evelyn Mase (1922), and Lawrence Stevens (1913).

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Among Writers In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Athol Fugard ranks 10. Before him are Peter Abrahams (1919), André Brink (1935), Laurence Oliphant (1829), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Ronald Harwood (1934), and Laurens van der Post (1906). After him are Alan Paton (1903), Deon Meyer (1958), Gcina Mhlophe (1958), Elsa Joubert (1922), Andrew Murray (1828), and Karel Schoeman (1939).

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