1979 - Today
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.
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Among comedians, B. J. Novak ranks 55 out of 91. Before 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.
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 49
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 50
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 51
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 52
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 53
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 54
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 55
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 56
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 57
1964 - Present
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 58
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 59
1961 - 1994
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 60
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 61
Among people born in 1979, B. J. Novak ranks 137. Before 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.
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 131
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 132
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 133
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 134
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 135
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 136
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 137
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 138
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 139
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 140
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 141
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 142
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 143
Among people born in United States, B. J. Novak ranks 8,219 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1875 - 1947
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 8,213
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 8,214
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 8,215
1924 - 2001
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 8,216
1879 - 1956
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 8,217
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 8,218
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 8,219
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 8,220
1939 - 2019
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 8,221
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 8,222
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 8,223
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 8,224
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 8,225
Among comedians born in United States, B. J. Novak ranks 46. Before 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).
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 40
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 41
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 42
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 43
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 44
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 45
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 46
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 47
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 48
1964 - Present
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 49
1961 - 1994
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 50
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 51
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 52