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Will Durant

1885 - 1981

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His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2024). Will Durant is the 1,127th most popular writer (down from 981st in 2024), the 1,606th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,133rd in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Writer.

Durant is most famous for being the first player to score 40 points in a game since Michael Jordan.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Will Durant ranks 1,127 out of 7,302Before him are Tannhäuser, Diana Wynne Jones, Chinua Achebe, Jorge Semprún, Ahmad Khani, and Ibn al-Jawzi. After him are Leonid Andreyev, Sugawara no Michizane, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, Walter Lippmann, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, and Martin Andersen Nexø.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Will Durant ranks 49Before him are Luigi Russolo, Otto Klemperer, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Jules Pascin, G. W. Pabst, and Romano Guardini. After him are Velimir Khlebnikov, Christian Wirth, Franz Böhme, Sacha Guitry, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, and Seishirō Itagaki. Among people deceased in 1981, Will Durant ranks 39Before him are Zarah Leander, Omar Torrijos, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Abel Gance, Stefan Wyszyński, and Mehmet Shehu. After him are David Wechsler, Benjamin Sheares, Leo Kanner, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Lobsang Rampa, and Karl Richter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Will Durant ranks 1,606 out of NaNBefore him are Woody Harrelson (1961), Grace Zabriskie (1941), Blake Edwards (1922), Gordon Moore (1929), Paul P. Harris (1868), and Steve Reeves (1926). After him are Joe Satriani (1956), Walter Lippmann (1889), Janet Mills (1947), Buck Henry (1930), Guy Williams (1924), and Martha Nussbaum (1947).

Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, Will Durant ranks 127Before him are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), Harriet Jacobs (1813), Tess Gerritsen (1953), Roger Zelazny (1937), Jeff Lindsay (1952), and John Cheever (1912). After him are Walter Lippmann (1889), John Dickson Carr (1906), Jean Webster (1876), Irving Stone (1903), Danielle Steel (1947), and Anne Rice (1941).

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