1947 - Today
David Alan Mamet (; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, filmmaker, and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). He first gained critical acclaim for a trio of off-Broadway 1970s plays: The Duck Variations, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and American Buffalo. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Mamet has received more than 4,098,480 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). David Mamet is the 4,012th most popular writer (down from 3,978th in 2019), the 5,429th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,453rd in 2019) and the 449th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, David Mamet ranks 4,012 out of 5,755. Before him are Yervant Odian, Eduard von Keyserling, Maryana Marrash, Pherecrates, Josefina Pla, and Juan José Saer. After him are Russell Kirk, Arkady Averchenko, Francisco Umbral, Guillermo Arriaga, Daniil Granin, and Ippolito Nievo.
1869 - 1926
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 4,006
1855 - 1918
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 4,007
1848 - 1919
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 4,008
450 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 4,009
1903 - 1999
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 4,010
1937 - 2005
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 4,011
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 4,012
1918 - 1994
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 4,013
1881 - 1925
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 4,014
1932 - 2007
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 4,015
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 4,016
1919 - 2017
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 4,017
1831 - 1861
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 4,018
Among people born in 1947, David Mamet ranks 369. Before him are Michael Gross, Darlene Cates, Clare Torry, Tiit Vähi, Robert Kerman, and Lee Kerslake. After him are Nolan Ryan, Irmgard Möller, Jacki Weaver, Luis Ángel González Macchi, Małgorzata Braunek, and Marouf al-Bakhit.
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 363
1947 - 2017
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 364
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 365
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 366
1947 - 2018
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 367
1947 - 2020
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 368
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 369
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 370
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 371
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 372
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 373
1947 - 2014
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 374
1947 - 2023
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 375
Among people born in United States, David Mamet ranks 5,429 out of 18,182. Before him are Gertrude Käsebier (1852), Dusty Rhodes (1945), Lauryn Hill (1975), Gary Cole (1956), Robert Henri (1865), and Edward Platt (1916). After him are Russell Kirk (1918), Nolan Ryan (1947), Zoë Kravitz (1988), Lupe Ontiveros (1942), Daniel J. Boorstin (1914), and BD Wong (1960).
1852 - 1934
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 5,423
1945 - 2015
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 5,424
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 5,425
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 5,426
1865 - 1929
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 5,427
1916 - 1974
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5,428
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5,429
1918 - 1994
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5,430
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5,431
1988 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5,432
1942 - 2012
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5,433
1914 - 2004
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 5,434
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 5,435
Among writers born in United States, David Mamet ranks 449. Before him are Shel Silverstein (1930), Camille Paglia (1947), Margaret Weis (1948), William Wharton (1925), Daniel Silva (1960), and Tad Williams (1957). After him are Russell Kirk (1918), Ivanka Trump (1981), Thomas Friedman (1953), Mary McCarthy (1912), Marilynne Robinson (1943), and Cordwainer Smith (1913).
1930 - 1999
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 443
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 444
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 445
1925 - 2008
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 446
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 447
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 448
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 449
1918 - 1994
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 450
1981 - Present
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 451
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 452
1912 - 1989
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 453
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 454
1913 - 1966
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 455