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David Letterman

1947 - Today

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David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,080 episodes of Late Night and Late Show, surpassing his friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late-night talk show host in American television history. He is also a television and film producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Letterman has received more than 12,500,884 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia. David Letterman is the most popular presenter (up from 11th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,218th in 2019) and the most popular American Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 17.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, David Letterman ranks 1 out of 143. After him are Jay Leno, Oprah Winfrey, David Attenborough, Nando Parrado, Steve Irwin, Hebe Camargo, Larry King, Henry Rollins, Alex Jones, Jimmy Savile, and Anna Moffo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, David Letterman ranks 9. Before him are Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johan Cruyff, Paulo Coelho, Stephen King, David Bowie, and Elton John. After him are Brian Johnson, Dilma Rousseff, Florentino Pérez, Brian May, Josep Borrell, and Ali Abdullah Saleh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Letterman ranks 150 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Fonda (1905), Johnny Depp (1963), Harvey Weinstein (1952), Carl Rogers (1902), Stan Lee (1922), and Ray Charles (1930). After him are Steven Seagal (1952), John Adams (1735), Tom Selleck (1945), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), J. D. Salinger (1919), and James Monroe (1758).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, David Letterman ranks 1. After him are Jay Leno (1950), Oprah Winfrey (1954), Larry King (1933), Henry Rollins (1961), Alex Jones (1974), Anna Moffo (1932), Christine Chubbuck (1944), Ed Sullivan (1901), Chris Wallace (1947), Fred Rogers (1928), and Johnny Carson (1925).

American born Presenters

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