WRITER

Elaine May

1932 - Today

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Elaine Iva May (née Berlin; born April 21, 1932) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and director. She first gained fame in the 1950s for her improvisational comedy routines with Mike Nichols before transitioning her career, regularly breaking the mold as a writer and director of several critically acclaimed films. She has received numerous awards, including a BAFTA Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elaine May has received more than 2,641,479 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Elaine May is the 5,089th most popular writer (down from 3,626th in 2019), the 7,207th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,830th in 2019) and the 568th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elaine May ranks 5,089 out of 7,302. Before her are Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Amitav Ghosh, Alfhild Agrell, Max Beerbohm, William Davenant, and Riichi Yokomitsu. After her are Savo Kostadinovski, Shankha Ghosh, Frank Heller, Charlotte Casiraghi, María Teresa León, and David Belasco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Elaine May ranks 348. Before her are Jacques Roubaud, Bruce Glover, Angela Mortimer, Igor Kirillov, Günter Sawitzki, and Monte Hellman. After her are Ferenc Sipos, Pik Botha, Shankha Ghosh, Lewis Binford, Nino Defilippis, and Maya Kristalinskaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elaine May ranks 7,207 out of 20,380. Before her are Patricia Wettig (1951), Harry Reid (1939), Katharine Houghton (1945), Frederick Seitz (1911), Vincent Spano (1962), and Charles Sheeler (1883). After her are Gloria Jones (1945), Michael E. Brown (1965), Slim Harpo (1924), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Lucinda Williams (1937), and Bob Menendez (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elaine May ranks 568. Before her are Chris Van Allsburg (1949), Walter J. Ong (1912), Peter S. Beagle (1939), Frank O'Hara (1926), Michael Cristofer (1945), and Stephen Hunter (1946). After her are David Belasco (1853), John O'Hara (1905), Alan Dean Foster (1946), Jack Finney (1911), Frank Norris (1870), and Joel Chandler Harris (1848).

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