David McCullough
American historian and author (1933-2022) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
David Gaub McCullough was an American popular historian and author. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.
David McCullough is read about 375 times a day, in 30 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
2022Died7 August 20222017Ken Burns American Heritage PrizeAward2013Newberry Library AwardAward2003Jefferson LectureAward2002Pulitzer Prize for BiographyAward2000Carl Sandburg Literary AwardAward1995Charles Frankel PrizeAwardHelmerich AwardAwardNational Book AwardAward1993Francis Parkman PrizeAwardSt. Louis Literary AwardAward1992Lionel Gelber PrizeAward1986Guggenheim FellowshipAward1978Francis Parkman PrizeAwardNational Book AwardAward1933Born7 July 1933
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Robert Louis Stevenson Influenced David
Thornton Wilder Influenced David
Barbara W. Tuchman Influenced David
Ken Burns Directed The Congress (1989)
N. C. Wyeth Influenced David
Tobey Maguire Produced Seabiscuit (2003)
Kathleen Kennedy Produced Seabiscuit (2003)
Frank Marshall Produced Seabiscuit (2003)
Gary Ross Produced Seabiscuit (2003)
Frank Pierson Directed Truman (1995)- Anthea Sylbert Produced Truman (1995)
- Paul Roebling Also in The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984)
- Paula Weinstein Produced Truman (1995)
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2022 · aged 89
