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Andy Rooney

1919 - 2011

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Andrew Aitken Rooney (January 14, 1919 – November 4, 2011) was an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andy Rooney has received more than 1,274,769 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Andy Rooney is the 6,217th most popular writer (down from 5,545th in 2019), the 13,538th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,301st in 2019) and the 991st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andy Rooney ranks 6,217 out of 5,755. Before him are Oscar Hijuelos, Laurie Lee, Chris Morgan, Geraldine Brooks, Charley Boorman, and Ingrid Klimke. After him are Becca Fitzpatrick, Zona Gale, Zoran Stefanović, Leila Aboulela, Valerie Plame, and Abdourahman Waberi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Andy Rooney ranks 318. Before him are Jayne Meadows, Mary Beth Hughes, Shamshad Begum, Janet Waldo, Ella Grasso, and Wally Hickel. After him are Beryl Reid and Doris Singleton. Among people deceased in 2011, Andy Rooney ranks 462. Before him are Gary Winick, Mălina Olinescu, Sonia Pierre, Shahbaz Bhatti, Josef Vašíček, and Bill Clements. After him are Phoebe Snow, Vittorio Arrigoni, Jan Marek, John Dye, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, and Jani Lane.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andy Rooney ranks 13,538 out of 18,182. Before him are Joey Badass (1995), Samira Wiley (1987), Kali Rocha (1971), Joshua Gomez (1975), Bill Ayers (1944), and Cedric Ceballos (1969). After him are John Tower (1925), Scott Speed (1983), Chris Pitman (1961), Becca Fitzpatrick (1979), Julia Campbell (1962), and Ramon Estevez (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Andy Rooney ranks 991. Before him are Jay Asher (1975), John Crowe Ransom (1888), Seth Meyers (1973), Mark Manson (1984), Oscar Hijuelos (1951), and Chris Morgan (1966). After him are Becca Fitzpatrick (1979), Zona Gale (1874), Valerie Plame (1963), Geoffrey A. Landis (1955), Sidney Lanier (1842), and Robert B. Spencer (1962).

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