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Dinesh D'Souza

1961 - Today

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Dinesh Joseph D'Souza (; born April 25, 1961) is an Indian-American right-wing political commentator, conspiracy theorist, author, and filmmaker. He has made several films and written over a dozen books, several of them New York Times best-sellers. Born in Mumbai, India, to Catholic parents, D'Souza moved to the United States as an exchange student and graduated from Dartmouth College. He was a policy adviser in the administration of President Ronald Reagan and has been affiliated with the American Enterprise Institute and the Hoover Institution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Dinesh D'Souza is the 7,276th most popular writer (down from 7,136th in 2024), the 1,387th most popular biography from India (down from 1,333rd in 2019) and the 151st most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dinesh D'Souza ranks 7,276 out of 7,302. Before him are Jim Cornette, Tanja Stupar-Trifunović, Valeria Luiselli, Alan Rusbridger, Nalo Hopkinson, and Zehra Doğan. After him are Chris Savino, Oleg Pavlov, Luljeta Lleshanaku, Alice Oseman, Laura Gallego García, and Denise Mina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Dinesh D'Souza ranks 1,008. Before him are Ross Tong, David Kaufman, Clive Allen, Peter Obi, Jim Cornette, and Yolanda Adams. After him are Cornelia Bargmann, Ria Visser, Sue Hearnshaw, Jeff Malone, Julie Caitlin Brown, and Arlene Boxall.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dinesh D'Souza ranks 1,387 out of 1,861. Before him are Mani Kaul (1944), Mohammad Azharuddin (1963), Indu Jain (1936), Rahul Bose (1967), Soha Ali Khan (1978), and Saina Nehwal (1990). After him are Seema Biswas (1965), Prabhu Deva (1973), Anupama Parameswaran (1996), Shobana (1970), Kaushiki Chakraborty (1980), and Swara Bhaskar (1988).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Dinesh D'Souza ranks 151. Before him are Shashi Deshpande (1938), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), K. R. Meera (1970), Ramachandra Guha (1958), Sushmita Banerjee (1964), and Meena Alexander (1951). After him are Nirupama Rao (1950), Tapan Kumar Pradhan (1972), Rita Chowdhury (1960), Chetan Bhagat (1974), Sharmila Rege (1964), and Anuradha Roy (1967).

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