# George Whitman

> George Whitman was an American bookseller who lived most of his life in France. He was the founder and proprietor of the second Shakespeare and Company, which was named after Sylvia Beach's celebrated original bookstore of the same name on Paris's Left Bank. He was a contemporary of writers such as Allen Ginsberg, Anaïs Nin, and Lawrence Durrell, as well as a lifelong friend of the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

*Bookstore proprietor (1913-2011)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1913-12-12
- **Died:** 2011-12-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2016196/ (@nm2016196)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4352670)
- [George Whitman](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2778374)

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