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Dick Cavett

1936 - Today

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Richard Alva Cavett (; born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States from the 1960s through the 2000s. In later years, Cavett has written an online column for The New York Times, promoted DVDs of his former shows as well as a book of his Times columns, and hosted replays of his TV interviews with Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Salvador Dalí, Lee Marvin, Groucho Marx, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Mitchum, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Kirk Douglas and others on Turner Classic Movies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Cavett has received more than 5,705,934 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Dick Cavett is the 6,023rd most popular writer, the 9,870th most popular biography from United States and the 745th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dick Cavett ranks 6,023 out of 7,302. Before him are Luiza Pesjak, Leïla Slimani, Chingiz Abdullayev, Nella Larsen, Šatrijos Ragana, and Anna J. Cooper. After him are Andy Weir, Charles Le Goffic, Sarah Trimmer, Penelope Lively, Karin Alvtegen, and Agustín Durán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Dick Cavett ranks 507. Before him are Michael Dertouzos, Eleonore Schwarz, Leon O. Chua, Nils Nilsson, Carl Kaufmann, and René Ferrier. After him are John Tchicai, Sergio Navarro, Robert F. Overmyer, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, Domingo Pérez, and Alan Hodgkinson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Cavett ranks 9,870 out of 20,380. Before him are Anna J. Cooper (1858), Walter Bahr (1927), Aldo Donelli (1907), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Alison Brie (1982), and Elihu B. Washburne (1816). After him are Sylvia Robinson (1935), Bud Luckey (1934), Andy Weir (1972), George Lynch (1954), John Debney (1956), and Kawhi Leonard (1991).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Dick Cavett ranks 745. Before him are Larry Kramer (1935), Robert Coover (1932), Jacob Abbott (1803), Rebecca Solnit (1961), Nella Larsen (1891), and Anna J. Cooper (1858). After him are Andy Weir (1972), Scott Turow (1949), Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Crane Wilbur (1886), Armistead Maupin (1944), and Tony Kushner (1956).

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