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Bryan Burrough

American journalist

PersonAge 65humanQ2745362

Born: August 13, 1961
Birthplace: Tennessee
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: journalist
, screenwriter
, writer
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Education: Missouri School of Journalism
, Temple High School
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Notable work: Public Enemies
, Barbarians at the Gate

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Bryan Burrough is an American journalist and author of eight books, including four New York Times best-sellers, the Wall Street classic Barbarians at the Gate ; Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34; The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Families; and Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth His most recent book, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild, was published by Penguin Press in June 2025.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Bryan
Family name: Burrough
Social media followers: 2,642(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 622860832
2,558(June 16, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 622860832
Has written for: The New York Times

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