Birth Name: Ray Douglas Bradbury
Occupation: Novelist
Place Of Birth: IL
Date Of Birth: August 22, 1920
Date Of Death: June 5, 2012
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: White
Nationality: American
Ray Bradbury was born on the 22nd of August, 1920. He was famous for being a Novelist. Visionary fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery author who wrote The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451. He was the recipient of numerous literary honors, including the National Medal of Arts and the World Fantasy Award.
Ray Bradbury was born in IL. He grew up in Waukegan, Illinois and Tucson, Arizona. He wrote his first stories at age eleven; during the Great Depression era, he sometimes had to write on butcher paper. He was close friends with Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, but turned down Roddenberry’s offer to write for the classic science-fiction series, saying he found it difficult to work within the framework established by another writer.
Ray Bradbury was a Leo and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Ray Bradbury was born in 1920s. The 1920s represented an era of change and growth. The decade was one of learning and exploration. The economic boom and the Jazz Age were over, and America began the period called the Great Depression. Discover what happened on this day.
Ray Douglas Bradbury is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
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Ray Bradbury was born in the Year of the Monkey.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Ray Douglas Bradbury |
| NICKNAME: | Ray |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Leo |
| BIRTH DAY: | Sunday |
| DEATH DAY: | Tuesday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Ray Bradbury was a Leo. People of this zodiac sign like to be admired, expensive things, bright colors, and dislike being ignored, facing difficulties, not being treated specially. The strengths of this sign are being creative, passionate, generous, warm-hearted, cheerful, humorous, while weaknesses can be arrogant, stubborn, self-centered, lazy and inflexible. The greatest overall compatibility with Leo is Aquarius, Gemini.
Chinese Zodiac: Ray Bradbury was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign love to make people laugh and are generally energetic and upbeat but sometimes lack self-control.
Ruling Planet: Ray Bradbury had a ruling planet of Sun and has a ruling planet of Sun and by astrological associations Saturday is ruled by Sun. The Sun is about vitality and is the core giver of life. It is also known as being the most generous and noble of signs. People who are born with the Sun as the ruling planet are courageous, self-expressive and bold.
Ray Bradbury’s birth sign is Leo and he had a ruling planet of Sun.
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