WRITER

Charlie Kaufman

1958 - Today

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Charles Stuart Kaufman (; born November 19, 1958) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist. Having first come to prominence for writing Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), he went on to direct films based on his own screenplays: Synecdoche, New York (2008), Anomalisa (2015), and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlie Kaufman has received more than 5,581,794 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Charlie Kaufman is the 3,097th most popular writer (down from 2,614th in 2019), the 3,919th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,420th in 2019) and the 337th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charlie Kaufman ranks 3,097 out of 7,302. Before him are Anne Applebaum, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, Hermann Rauschning, Walter Hasenclever, Jojo Moyes, and Dracontius. After him are Zivia Lubetkin, Luigi Alamanni, José Lezama Lima, Zacharias Werner, Hans Aanrud, and Antonio García Gutiérrez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Charlie Kaufman ranks 118. Before him are Esa-Pekka Salonen, Eric Singer, Yoshito Usui, Michael Winslow, Zdravko Krivokapić, and Mágico González. After him are Limahl, Serena Grandi, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Nancy Spungen, Belinda Carlisle, and Jennifer Tilly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlie Kaufman ranks 3,919 out of 20,380. Before him are Kit Carson (1809), Carol Potter (1948), Richard Estes (1932), Robert Crumb (1943), Earl Hines (1903), and Gene Kranz (1933). After him are Anthony Franciosa (1928), Robert Evans (1930), Virginia Madsen (1961), Vincent Richards (1903), William Forsythe (1955), and Erik Estrada (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Charlie Kaufman ranks 337. Before him are Jim Rohn (1930), John Perkins (1945), Donna Tartt (1963), Gregory Corso (1930), Lois Lowry (1937), and Anne Applebaum (1964). After him are Steve Berry (1955), Henrietta Szold (1860), Mike Mentzer (1951), Marianne Williamson (1952), Edward Gorey (1925), and Henry Kuttner (1915).

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