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David Seidler

1937 - 2024

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David Seidler (4 August 1937 – 16 March 2024) was a British-American playwright and film and television writer. Seidler is most known for writing the scripts for the stage version and screen version for the story The King's Speech. For the film, he won the Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). David Seidler is the 5,878th most popular writer (up from 6,466th in 2024), the 4,884th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,699th in 2019) and the 531st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, David Seidler ranks 5,878 out of 7,302. Before him are Karim Rashid, Charles Wilkins, Oliverio Girondo, Göran Sonnevi, Horacio Guarany, and Cornelia Sorabji. After him are Dina Rubina, Alberto Bevilacqua, Susanna Clarke, Ewa Lipska, Frederick Rolfe, and Dragutin Tadijanović.

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Among people born in 1937, David Seidler ranks 482. Before him are Louis Neefs, Anita Desai, Donald Dewar, Emiliano Rodríguez, James Carlisle, and Ron Leibman. After him are Benny Paret, Gianni Celati, Polly Holliday, Lucinda Williams, Carlo Mattrel, and Italo Galbiati. Among people deceased in 2024, David Seidler ranks 437. Before him are Peter Schickele, Göran Hagberg, Anatoli Polivoda, Kathryn Crosby, S. M. Krishna, and Chad McQueen. After him are Robert Dill-Bundi, Richard M. Sherman, Phil Donahue, Janusz Majewski, Mustapha Moussa, and David Bordwell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Seidler ranks 4,885 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Nash (1889), Irving Rapper (1898), Elisabeth Sladen (1946), Cassandra Austen (1773), Douglas Slocombe (1913), and Cathleen Nesbitt (1888). After him are Anthony Taylor (1978), Four Tet (1978), Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Myra Hess (1890), and Susanna Clarke (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, David Seidler ranks 531. Before him are John Wain (1925), Mark Haddon (1962), Lady Charlotte Guest (1812), James Hogg (1770), Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), and Charles Wilkins (1749). After him are Susanna Clarke (1959), Frederick Rolfe (1860), Richard Hoggart (1918), Paula Yates (1959), Olivia Manning (1908), and Jacqueline Wilson (1945).

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