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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 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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  • 4.1M

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  • 48.58

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  • 29

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  • 2.26

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  • 4.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Mamet ranks 4,012 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, David Mamet ranks 369Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Mamet ranks 5,429 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, David Mamet ranks 449Before 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).

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