Writer

Norman Lear

American television writer and producer

1922 - 2023

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His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Norman Lear is the 6,600th most popular writer (down from 4,398th in 2024), the 12,707th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,866th in 2019) and the 912th most popular American Writer.

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570k

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49.86

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4.6×

Norman Lear's Wikipedia page drew 570k views over the past year, 4.6× the average among Writers.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Norman Lear ranks 6,600 out of 7,707. Before him are Damon Galgut, Laura Restrepo, Marina Nemat, Walter Besant, Anthony Boucher, and Mariana Enríquez. After him are Christine Angot, Klas Östergren, Naomi Mitchison, Andrew Kevin Walker, Chiaki J. Konaka, and Anderson Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Norman Lear ranks 448. Before him are Fortune Gordien, G. N. Ramachandran, Herbert Goldstein, Esther M. Conwell, Miller Anderson, and Bill Macy. After him are Arthur Wightman, Bernard Bailyn, Frank Spellman, Ken Hughes, Edwin Thompson Jaynes, and Gil Merrick. Among people deceased in 2023, Norman Lear ranks 541. Before him are Heath, José del Castillo, Vani Jairam, Kathy Chow, Gary Wright, and Dick Butkus. After him are Paweł Huelle, David Singmaster, Hazel McCallion, Jamuna, Terry Dischinger, and James Abourezk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Lear ranks 12,707 out of 23,232. Before him are Patrick M. Shanahan (1962), Robert P. Patterson (1891), Samuel E. Wright (1946), Dick Butkus (1942), William Steinkraus (1925), and Marjorie Main (1890). After him are Ruth Roland (1892), William McNamara (1965), Ruth R. Benerito (1916), Katie Nageotte (1991), Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884), and Arthur Wightman (1922).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, Norman Lear ranks 912. Before him are Sylvia Browne (1936), Andrew Sarris (1928), Robert Rodat (1953), Vin Scully (1927), Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872), and Anthony Boucher (1911). After him are Andrew Kevin Walker (1964), Anderson Cooper (1967), Alyson Noël (1965), Anna Todd (1989), Emanuel Pastreich (1964), and Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872).

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