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Carter Bays

1975 - Today

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Carter Loard Bays (born August 12, 1975) is an American television producer, writer, showrunner, and musician. Bays co-created the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother where he served as showrunner, writer and executive producer for all nine seasons. Bays wrote the novel, The Mutual Friend (2022, Dutton Books). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Carter Bays is the 7,311th most popular writer (down from 7,065th in 2024), the 17,855th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,171st in 2019) and the 1,179th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carter Bays ranks 7,311 out of 7,302. Before him are Gwenaëlle Aubry, Nika Turbina, Kate Grenville, Nicolás Giacobone, James Vanderbilt, and Simon Kuper. After him are Elizabeth Edwards, Mary Roach, Mike Reiss, Brian Azzarello, Lukas Bärfuss, and Sophie Dahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Carter Bays ranks 984. Before him are Franck Jurietti, Nick Hague, Brian J. White, Elpídio Silva, James Vanderbilt, and Natallia Tsylinskaya. After him are Jamie Hector, Jadakiss, James Beckford, Petr Čajánek, Jere Karalahti, and Fabian Busch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carter Bays ranks 17,862 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephanie Brown Trafton (1979), Adrián González (1982), Killing of JonBenét Ramsey (1990), James Vanderbilt (1975), Nora Zehetner (1981), and Nate Richert (1978). After him are Marley Marl (1962), Darren Barnet (1991), Jamie Hector (1975), Mo Brooks (1954), Jadakiss (1975), and Rob Barrett (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Carter Bays ranks 1,179. Before him are Kristin Cashore (1976), Chuck Hogan (1967), Vince Flynn (1966), Jeff Pinkner (1964), Marissa Meyer (1984), and James Vanderbilt (1975). After him are Elizabeth Edwards (1949), Mary Roach (1959), Mike Reiss (1959), Brian Azzarello (1962), Edward Kitsis (1971), and Kij Johnson (1960).

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