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Fran Lebowitz

1950 - Today

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Frances Ann Lebowitz (; born October 27, 1950) is an American author, public speaker, and actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities and her association with many prominent figures of the 1970s and 1980s New York art scene, including Andy Warhol, Martin Scorsese, Jerome Robbins, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz, Candy Darling, and the New York Dolls. The New York Times has called her a modern-day Dorothy Parker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fran Lebowitz has received more than 6,111,326 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Fran Lebowitz is the 4,217th most popular writer, the 5,759th most popular biography from United States and the 468th most popular American Writer.

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  • 6.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fran Lebowitz ranks 4,217 out of 5,755Before her are Curt Siodmak, Norman Smith, Alain de Botton, Mary Stewart, Ciro Alegría, and Catherine Millet. After her are Tanith Lee, Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Andrej Sládkovič, E. E. Smith, Andreï Makine, and Marek Hłasko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Fran Lebowitz ranks 282Before her are Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chuck Schumer, Antony Gormley, Dietmar Lorenz, Joey Kramer, and Genesis P-Orridge. After her are Robert Z'Dar, John Diehl, Ntfombi of Eswatini, Toshiko Fujita, Jorma Ollila, and Willie Colón.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fran Lebowitz ranks 5,759 out of 18,182Before her are Joey Kramer (1950), Bob Lazar (1959), James Jamerson (1936), Jason Segel (1980), Diana Muldaur (1938), and William Lane Craig (1949). After her are Roy Eldridge (1911), Mark Rolston (1956), James Stafford (1932), Richard D. Zanuck (1934), Gary Ross (1956), and E. E. Smith (1890).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Fran Lebowitz ranks 468Before her are Norman Spinrad (1940), Nicholas Pileggi (1933), John Piper (1946), Hart Crane (1899), Walter J. Ong (1912), and John Gray (1951). After her are E. E. Smith (1890), William Gibson (1914), Tracy Chevalier (1962), MacKenzie Scott (1970), Rod Serling (1924), and John D. MacDonald (1916).

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