WRITER

James Lipton

1926 - 2020

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Louis James Lipton (September 19, 1926 – March 2, 2020) was an American writer, actor, talk show host, and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City. He was the executive producer, writer, and host of the Bravo cable television series Inside the Actors Studio, which debuted in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Lipton has received more than 2,360,061 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). James Lipton is the 6,425th most popular writer (down from 5,757th in 2019), the 11,935th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,747th in 2019) and the 876th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Lipton ranks 6,425 out of 7,302. Before him are Tana French, Jenny Erpenbeck, Barbara Kingsolver, Rick Yancey, Anna Löwenstein, and Jonathan Rosenbaum. After him are Ruth Graham, Samuel Daniel, Kate Mosse, Guzel Yakhina, Gilles Leroy, and James Bowen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, James Lipton ranks 522. Before him are Tulsi Giri, Joe Paterno, Karl Gordon Henize, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jane Withers, and Bruce Harlan. After him are Narinder Singh Kapany, J. P. Donleavy, Kenneth Richmond, Rusty Wailes, Hazel Court, and Joe Kubert. Among people deceased in 2020, James Lipton ranks 725. Before him are Alfredo Lim, Imre Farkas, Bucky Pizzarelli, Michael McClure, Luke Harper, and Ben Jipcho. After him are Frank Press, Annie Ross, Rupert Hine, Narinder Singh Kapany, Arnold Wolfendale, and Roger Saint-Vil.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Lipton ranks 11,935 out of 20,380. Before him are Wanda Hawley (1895), William Hooper (1742), Peyton Randolph (1721), Beatrice Rosen (1984), Dwight Stones (1953), and Elizabeth J. Feinler (1931). After him are Dean Winters (1964), Gil Shaham (1971), Crystal Reed (1985), Will Forte (1970), Wendell Ford (1924), and Crystal Waters (1964).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Lipton ranks 876. Before him are Michael McClure (1932), Andrew Sarris (1928), Tana French (1973), Barbara Kingsolver (1955), Rick Yancey (1962), and Jonathan Rosenbaum (1943). After him are Daniel Handler (1970), Helen Gurley Brown (1922), J. P. Donleavy (1926), Joel Barlow (1754), Joe Medicine Crow (1913), and Judith Merril (1923).

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