David McCullough

Historian

Birthday July 7, 1933

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Pittsburgh, PA

DEATH DATE Aug 7, 2022 (89)

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About

Award-winning author and historian who is known for The Johnstown Flood and the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographies, Truman and John Adams. He received the prestigious National Book Award for two of his other works: The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback. 

Before Fame

He loved school as a child and wanted to become an architect, actor, painter, writer, and lawyer, before eventually settling on medical school. Ultimately, however, he received a degree in English from Yale University.

Trivia

His Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman was adapted into a 1995 HBO TV movie starring Gary Sinise. He wrote 13 published books throughout his career. 

Family Life

He married Rosalee Ingram Barnes in 1954. The couple went on to have five children and nearly twenty grandchildren.

Associated With

His biography of John Adams was adapted into an HBO mini-series.