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David Mamet

1947 - Today

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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 1970s off-Broadway 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 4,534,155 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). David Mamet is the 4,547th most popular writer (down from 3,999th in 2019), the 6,127th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,417th in 2019) and the 491st most popular American Writer.

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  • 4.5M

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  • 55.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Mamet ranks 4,547 out of 7,302. Before him are Russell Kirk, Źmitrok Biadula, Wilhelm Geiger, Mihály Csokonai, René Guillot, and Sandra Brown. After him are Can Xue, Kamala Surayya, Ernst Stadler, Isaac Watts, Nikolay Zabolotsky, and Ariel Durant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, David Mamet ranks 465. Before him are Đurđica Bjedov, Emiel Puttemans, Maurizio Micheli, Teemu Sippo, Mazie Hirono, and Jozef Móder. After him are Warren Clarke, Liu Yunshan, Dave Davies, Hülya Koçyiğit, Heide Rosendahl, and Ottis Toole.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Mamet ranks 6,127 out of 20,380. Before him are Will Rogers (1879), Hoagy Carmichael (1899), Charles Fleischer (1950), Don Knotts (1924), Sandra Brown (1948), and Elizabeth Berkley (1972). After him are Marion Lorne (1883), Morris Louis (1912), Mike Bloomfield (1943), Mary Browne (1891), Joe Bryant (1954), and Phil Anselmo (1968).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, David Mamet ranks 491. Before him are Amy Lowell (1874), E. E. Smith (1890), Timothy Zahn (1951), Norman Spinrad (1940), Russell Kirk (1918), and Sandra Brown (1948). After him are Amiri Baraka (1934), Neal Stephenson (1959), Jack Canfield (1944), Robert Greene (1959), Robert Richardson (1955), and Camille Paglia (1947).

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