American novelist and short story writer

George R. R. Martin

, is an American author, screenwriter, and television producer. Martin is best known as the author of the epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted by HBO into the Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present). Martin also wrote a related series of novellas, Tales of Dunk and Egg, which have been adapted by HBO as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026–present). Outside of A Song of Ice and Fire and its related media, Martin helped create the Wild Cards anthology series and contributed worldbuilding for the video game Elden Ring (2022).

Born

1948

September 20

Died

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1940s

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1948 Born

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1058 Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland.
1066 At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin.
1187 Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1260 The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights.

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The world in 1948

When George arrived

april 1 Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
april 1 Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
april 13 In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
april 16 The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.

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Arthur 1486–1502 prince of Wales (born 1486) Asia Argento 1975– Italian actress Colin Fraser Barron 1893– Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1958) Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen 1778–1852 Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (born 1778) Gain 1987– South Korean singer Guy Lafleur 1951–2022 Canadian ice hockey player (born 1951) Javier Marías 1951–2022 Spanish novelist, journalist and translator (born 1951) Jean-Jacques Dessalines 1758–1806 Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (born 1758) Jim Taylor 1935– American football player and sportscaster (died 2018)

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Art Spiegelman 1948– Swedish-American cartoonist and critic Buck Martinez 1948– American baseball player and manager Carl Weathers 1948–2024 American football player and actor (born 1948) Carlos Salinas de Gortari 1948– Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico Christopher Guest 1948– British-American actor and director Claude Jade 1948–2006 French actress (born 1948) Cliff Thorburn 1948– Canadian snooker player Davíð Oddsson 1948– Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland (died 2026) Dayle Haddon 1948– Canadian model and actress (died 2024)

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