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Anthony Bourdain

1956 - 2018

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Anthony Michael Bourdain ( bor-DAYN; June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition. Bourdain was a 1978 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of many professional kitchens during his career, which included several years spent as an executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in Manhattan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Bourdain has received more than 37,306,884 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Bourdain is the 1,321st most popular writer (down from 1,238th in 2019), the 1,589th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,561st in 2019) and the 147th most popular American Writer.

Anthony Bourdain is an American chef, author, and television personality. He is best known for his memoir Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, which was a New York Times bestseller.

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  • 37M

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  • 65.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 84

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among writers, Anthony Bourdain ranks 1,321 out of 7,302. Before him are Ubertino of Casale, Sadegh Hedayat, Rasul Gamzatov, Zachris Topelius, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, and Khaqani. After him are Lee Child, Khaled Hosseini, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Blaise de Vigenère, and Odo of Cluny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Anthony Bourdain ranks 50. Before him are Danny Boyle, Larry Bird, Steve Harris, Min Aung Hlaing, Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Guido van Rossum. After him are Ian Curtis, Bakir Izetbegović, Michael Biehn, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, Joe Satriani, and David Sassoli. Among people deceased in 2018, Anthony Bourdain ranks 68. Before him are Aaron Klug, Alan Bean, Claude Lanzmann, Sondra Locke, Dolores O'Riordan, and Thomas A. Steitz. After him are Steve Ditko, Christine Nöstlinger, Quini, Thorvald Stoltenberg, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, and Efraín Ríos Montt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony Bourdain ranks 1,589 out of 20,380. Before him are Roger B. Chaffee (1935), John Robert Schrieffer (1931), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), Brad Dourif (1950), Stan Smith (1946), and Ma Barker (1873). After him are Sojourner Truth (1797), Henry L. Stimson (1867), Barbara Bach (1947), Marilyn Manson (1969), Louise Brooks (1906), and Jeffrey DeMunn (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Anthony Bourdain ranks 147. Before him are James Brendan Connolly (1868), Poul Anderson (1926), Danielle Steel (1947), Eleanor H. Porter (1868), Ken Kesey (1935), and Hunter S. Thompson (1937). After him are Maria Shriver (1955), Jean M. Auel (1936), Thornton Wilder (1897), Diana Gabaldon (1952), Rex Stout (1886), and Robert Wilson (1941).

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