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David Sedaris

1956 - Today

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David Raymond Sedaris ( sih-DAIR-iss; born December 26, 1956) is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He was publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "Santaland Diaries". He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994. His next book, Naked (1997), became his first of a series of New York Times Bestsellers, and his 2000 collection Me Talk Pretty One Day won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Sedaris has received more than 5,859,887 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). David Sedaris is the 6,623rd most popular writer (down from 6,093rd in 2019), the 13,026th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,817th in 2019) and the 949th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Sedaris ranks 6,623 out of 7,302. Before him are Nagaru Tanigawa, Ananda Devi, Sui Ishida, Philip Freneau, James Mason, and Andrus Kivirähk. After him are Frederica Sagor Maas, Tor Ulven, Neil Strauss, Mary Russell Mitford, August Wilson, and Jane Smiley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, David Sedaris ranks 620. Before him are Jean-François Lamour, Ace Rusevski, Sergei Borovsky, Jānis Bojārs, Steve Denton, and Erhard Wunderlich. After him are Curtis Brown, Patricia Kalember, Alfredo Tena, Lubomír Zaorálek, Frank Stapleton, and Bernard King.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Sedaris ranks 13,026 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Cedar (1968), Linda Purl (1955), Catherine Burns (1945), Paul Steinhardt (1952), Cliff Barker (1921), and Diedrich Bader (1966). After him are Frederica Sagor Maas (1900), D. B. Sweeney (1961), DJ Shadow (1972), Adrienne Shelly (1966), Lyle Waggoner (1935), and Willye White (1939).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, David Sedaris ranks 949. Before him are Ann C. Crispin (1950), Nat Hentoff (1925), John Patrick Shanley (1950), Alan Dundes (1934), Melissa Rosenberg (1962), and Philip Freneau (1752). After him are Frederica Sagor Maas (1900), Neil Strauss (1969), August Wilson (1945), Jane Smiley (1949), Ellen Willis (1941), and Bill Lawrence (1968).

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