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B. J. Novak

1979 - Today

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Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He has received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Novak is known for starring as Ryan Howard in the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), for which he was also a writer and executive producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of B. J. Novak has received more than 12,045,906 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). B. J. Novak is the 55th most popular comedian (up from 72nd in 2019), the 8,219th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,015th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, B. J. Novak ranks 55 out of 91Before him are Howie Mandel, Patton Oswalt, Jamie Kennedy, Sarah Silverman, Amy Poehler, and David Cross. After him are Jordan Peele, Dave Chappelle, Cedric the Entertainer, Tracey Ullman, Bill Hicks, and Amy Sedaris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, B. J. Novak ranks 137Before him are Christian Wilhelmsson, Elizabeth Gutiérrez, Lamar Odom, Daniel Tammet, John Carew, and David Pizarro. After him are Jordan Peele, Claudia Letizia, Daniel Cormier, Shawn Ashmore, Shinji Ono, and Milivoje Novaković.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, B. J. Novak ranks 8,219 out of 18,182Before him are Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875), Joe Arpaio (1932), Julianne Nicholson (1971), Carroll O'Connor (1924), Max Emmerich (1879), and David Cross (1964). After him are Rick Warren (1954), Valerie Harper (1939), Corbin Bernsen (1954), Alan Jackson (1958), Anna Thomson (1953), and John Patitucci (1959).

Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, B. J. Novak ranks 46Before him are Tina Fey (1970), Patton Oswalt (1969), Jamie Kennedy (1970), Sarah Silverman (1970), Amy Poehler (1971), and David Cross (1964). After him are Jordan Peele (1979), Dave Chappelle (1973), Cedric the Entertainer (1964), Bill Hicks (1961), Amy Sedaris (1961), and Nick Offerman (1970).

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