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20th-century American novelists

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The list 20th-century American novelists includes Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Buffett, Ethan Hawke, Carrie Fisher and Ronnie James Dio. The list consists of 6,281 members.

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  • 1.

    Whoopi Goldberg
    American actor, comedian, and television personality (born 1955)
    Whoopi Goldberg
    Overview: Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actor, comedian, author and television personality. A recipient of numerous accolades, she is one ...
    Date of birth: 13 November 1955
    Age: 69
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actress
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)
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    National Arts Club Medal of Honor Recipients 1T
    American writers with disabilities 314T
    American activists with disabilities 260T
  • 2.

    Jimmy Buffett
    American singer-songwriter (1946–2023)
    Jimmy Buffett
    Overview: James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and businessman. He was best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" ...
    Date of birth: 25 December 1946
    Date of death: 1 September 2023
    Age: 76 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Singer
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)
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    American easy listening musicians 45T
    Gulf and Western musicians 2T
    2023 deaths 10,909T
  • 3.

    Jean Harlow
    Actress
    Jean Harlow
    Overview: Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress and sex symbol. Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde", she was popular for her ...
    Date of birth: 3 March 1911
    Date of death: 7 June 1937
    Age: 26 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actress
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)
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    Hollywood Walk of Fame 371T
    Actresses from Kansas City, Missouri 77T
    American former Christians 169T
  • 4.

    Ethan Hawke
    American actor and film director (born 1970)
    Ethan Hawke
    Overview: Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, writer, musician, and director. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Hawke has directed three feature films, three ...
    Date of birth: 6 November 1970
    Age: 54
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actor
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)
    Partner: Ryan Hawke (Married)
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    Writers from Manhattan 410T
    Stoner/stonette of the year awards 13T
    West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South alumni 13T
  • 5.

    Carrie Fisher
    American, Actress
    Carrie Fisher
    Overview: Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films (1977–1983) and reprised the role in Star Wars: ...
    Date of birth: 21 October 1956
    Date of death: 27 December 2016
    Age: 60 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actress
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)
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    Disney Legends 146T
    Deaths from coronary artery disease 90T
    20th-century American memoirists 577T
  • 6.

    Billy Dee Williams
    American actor and writer
    Billy Dee Williams
    Overview: William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, voice actor, singer, and artist. He is best known as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first in the early ...
    Date of birth: 6 April 1937
    Age: 87
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actor
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' (183 cm)
    Partner: Teruko Nakagami (Married)
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    21st-century American male writers 3,233T
    20th-century American male writers 6,911T
    Novelists from New York (state) 1,277T
  • 7.

    Gardner McKay
    American actor and artist
    Gardner McKay
    Overview: George Cadogan Gardner McKay (June 10, 1932 – November 21, 2001) was an American actor, artist, and author. He is best known for the lead role in the TV series Adventures in Paradise, based loosely on ...
    Date of birth: 10 June 1932
    Date of death: 21 November 2001
    Age: 69 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Novelist
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)
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    Male actors of Scottish descent 224T
    20th-century American male writers 6,911T
    American male short story writers 1,326T
  • 8.

    Ronnie James Dio
    American heavy metal singer (1942–2010)
    Ronnie James Dio
    Overview: Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer-songwriter and composer. He fronted or founded numerous groups throughout ...
    Date of birth: 10 July 1942
    Date of death: 16 May 2010
    Age: 67 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Vocalist
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)
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    Italian American heavy metal musicians 55T
    Elf (band) members 5T
    American male bass guitarists 1,025T
  • 9.

    Fannie Flagg
    American actress, comedian and author
    Fannie Flagg
    Overview: Fannie Flagg (born Patricia Neal; September 21, 1944) is an American actress, comedian, and author. She is best known as a semi-regular panelist on the 1973–1982 versions of the game show Match Game and ...
    Date of birth: 21 September 1944
    Age: 80
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actress
    Gender: Female
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    American comedy actresses 409T
    American writers with disabilities 363T
    Television personalities with disabilities 18T
  • 10.

    Patricia Kennealy
    American writer (1946–2021)
    Patricia Kennealy
    Overview: Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (born Patricia Kennely; March 4, 1946 – July 21, 2021) was an American author and journalist. Her published works include rock criticism, a memoir, and two series of science ...
    Date of birth: 4 March 1946
    Date of death: 21 July 2021
    Age: 75 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Author
    Gender: Female
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    2021 deaths 9,812T
    Jim Morrison 28T
    Harpur College alumni 25T
  • 11.

    Mickey Rooney
    American, Actor
    Mickey Rooney
    Overview: Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer and radio personality. In a career spanning nine decades and continuing ...
    Date of birth: 23 September 1920
    Date of death: 6 April 2014
    Age: 93 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actor
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)
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    Comedians from Los Angeles 164T
    Comedians from Brooklyn 125T
    Military personnel from Brooklyn 101T
  • 12.

    Michael Nesmith
    American musician, songwriter, and actor (1942–2021)
    Michael Nesmith
    Overview: Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the pop rock band ...
    Date of birth: 30 December 1942
    Date of death: 10 December 2021
    Age: 78 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
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    2021 deaths 9,360T
    Michael Nesmith 3T
    21st-century American male writers 6,101T
  • 13.

    Mary Astor
    American actress (1906–1987)
    Mary Astor
    Overview: Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress. She may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon ...
    Date of birth: 3 May 1906
    Date of death: 25 September 1987
    Age: 81 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actress
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)
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    Respiratory disease deaths in California 44T
    20th-century American memoirists 469T
    20th-century memoirists 862T
  • 14.

    Carroll Baker
    American actress (born 1931)
    Carroll Baker
    Overview: Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is a retired American actress. After studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Baker began performing on Broadway in 1954. From there, she was recruited by d ...
    Date of birth: 28 May 1931
    Age: 93
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actress
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)
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    United Service Organizations entertainers 148T
    21st-century American Jews 7,687T
    Actresses of Irish descent 598T
  • 15.

    Gloria Vanderbilt
    American artist, author, actress, and designer (1924–2019)
    Gloria Vanderbilt
    Overview: Gloria Laura Vanderbilt (February 20, 1924 – June 17, 2019) was an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite.
    Date of birth: 20 February 1924
    Date of death: 17 June 2019
    Age: 95 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Designer
    Gender: Female
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    American women fashion designers 282T
    Lumet family 9T
    20th-century American businesswomen 393T
  • 16.

    Ivana Trump
    Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
    Ivana Trump
    Overview: Ivana Marie Trump (néeZelníčková, February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a Czech-American businesswoman, media personality, fashion designer, author, and former model as well as the ex wife of former US ...
    Date of birth: 20 February 1949
    Date of death: 14 July 2022
    Age: 73 (age at death)
    Nationality: Czech
    Occupation: Socialite
    Gender: Female
    Height: 6' (183 cm)
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    2022 deaths 10,293T
    2021 deaths 12,910T
    Naturalized citizens of the United States 740T
  • 17.

    Gypsy Rose Lee
    American burlesque performer, actress and author (1911–1970)
    Gypsy Rose Lee
    Overview: Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer and vedette famous for her striptease act. Also an actress, author, and playwright, her ...
    Date of birth: 8 January 1911
    Date of death: 26 April 1970
    Age: 59 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Dancer
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
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    Dancers from Washington (state) 14T
    American burlesque performers 79T
    Dancers from New York (state) 172T
  • 18.

    Meg Tilly
    American-Canadian actress, writer (born 1960)
    Meg Tilly
    Overview: Meg Tilly (born Margaret Elizabeth Chan; 1960/1961) is an American actress and novelist.
    Date of birth: 14 February 1960
    Age: 65
    Nationality: Canadian
    Occupation: Actress
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)
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    Actresses of Irish descent 598T
    Best Actress in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners 29T
    21st-century Canadian women writers 1,275T
  • 19.

    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer and journalist
    Ernest Hemingway
    Overview: Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which included his iceberg theory—had a strong ...
    Date of birth: 21 July 1899
    Date of death: 2 July 1961
    Age: 61 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Author
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' (183 cm)
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    American anthologists 38T
    People with type 2 diabetes 22T
    Pipe smokers 77T
  • 20.

    Bruce Boxleitner
    American actor and writer (born 1950)
    Bruce Boxleitner
    Overview: Bruce William Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950) is an American actor, and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television series How the West Was Won, Bring 'Em Back ...
    Date of birth: 12 May 1950
    Age: 74
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actor
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)
    Partner: Verena King (Married)
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    21st-century American male writers 3,233T
    20th-century American male writers 6,911T
    20th-century male writers 5,043T
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