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Gregory Mcdonald

American mystery writer (1937–2008)
Person human Q1545386

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
February 15, 1937
Date of death
September 7, 2008
Place of birth
Shrewsbury
Place of death
Giles County, Pulaski[3][8]
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
writer, novelist, journalist
Field of work
creative and professional writing[10]
Educated at
Harvard University[11]
Award received
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original[13]
Notable work
Fletch[12]
Genre
detective fiction[15]
Cause of death
prostate cancer[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Family name
McDonald[17]
Given name
Gregory[18]
Manner of death
natural causes[19]
Name in native language
Gregory Mcdonald[21]
P14750
28FB-379F-6DC6-230B-A6E6[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gregory Mcdonald ar غريغوري مكدونالد it Gregory McDonald ja グレゴリー・マクドナルド ru Грегори Макдональд ru Макдональд, Грегори uk Грегорі Макдональд uk Макдональд Грегорі
🔖 Identifiers · 43
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Babelio author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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BookBrainz author ID
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CANTIC ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Gregory-Christopher-Mcdonald
Europeana entity
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FAST ID
1721834
Fantastic Fiction author ID
m/gregory-mcdonald
Film.ru person ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
29735595
Freebase ID
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IMDb ID
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IdRef ID
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KBR person ID
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Kinobox person ID
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Libris-URI
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Municipal Library of Trikala ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Greece ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
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National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Open Library ID
OL391847A
Prabook ID
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SBN author ID
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SELIBR ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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TMDB person ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/60c7b43b-5b49-44a8-b1cd-84bd4d85c9bc
ČSFD person ID
76417

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Occupation 3
writer, journalist, novelist
Award received 1
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original
Cause of death 1
prostate cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Harvard University
Films written 1
Fletch Lives
Genre 1
detective fiction
Given name 1
Gregory
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Shrewsbury
Place of death 1
Giles County
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Gregory Mcdonald's place of birth was Shrewsbury[1]. He was born on February 15, 1937[2]. He died in Giles County[3]. He died on September 7, 2008[4]. He worked as a writer[5], novelist[6], and journalist[7].

Body

Death and Burial

Recorded place of death include Giles County[3], a county of Tennessee[23], in United States[24], founded in 1809[25] and Pulaski[8], a city in the United States[26], in United States[27], founded in 1809[28].

FAQs

Where was Gregory Mcdonald born?

Gregory Mcdonald was born in Shrewsbury[1].

Where did Gregory Mcdonald die?

Gregory Mcdonald passed away in Giles County[3].

What did Gregory Mcdonald do for work?

Gregory Mcdonald worked as writer[5], novelist[6], and journalist[7].

Where did Gregory Mcdonald go to school?

Gregory Mcdonald was educated at Harvard University[11].

What awards did Gregory Mcdonald receive?

Honors received include Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original[13].

Related Entities

United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . edgarawards.com. edgarawards.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . washingtonpost.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 28d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 28FB-379F-6DC6-230B-A6E6
    Place of death → Giles County, Pulaski
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'ru', 'uk']
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  2. 16w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Israel J9U ID → 987014413617705171
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