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Jay Leno

1950 - Today

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James Douglas Muir Leno ( LEN-oh; born April 28, 1950) is an American television host, comedian, and writer. After doing stand-up comedy for years, he became the host of NBC's The Tonight Show from 1992 until 2009 when Conan O'Brien took over as host. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ET, also on NBC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jay Leno has received more than 10,612,381 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. Jay Leno is the 2nd most popular presenter (down from 1st in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from United States (up from 373rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Presenter.

Jay Leno is most famous for hosting the Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 1992 to 2009.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Jay Leno ranks 2 out of 143. Before him are David Letterman. After him are Oprah Winfrey, David Attenborough, Nando Parrado, Steve Irwin, Hebe Camargo, Larry King, Henry Rollins, Alex Jones, Jimmy Savile, and Anna Moffo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Jay Leno ranks 4. Before him are Narendra Modi, Viktor Yanukovych, and Zaha Hadid. After him are Sergey Lavrov, Agnetha Fältskog, Steve Wozniak, Abdullah Gül, Goran Bregović, Vicente del Bosque, Stevie Wonder, and Ed Harris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jay Leno ranks 249 out of 20,380. Before him are Noah Webster (1758), Frank Zappa (1940), John Rawls (1921), Philip K. Dick (1928), David Lynch (1946), and Emily Greene Balch (1867). After him are Barbra Streisand (1942), Emily Dickinson (1830), Robert Forster (1941), Joe Pesci (1943), Pearl S. Buck (1892), and George Gershwin (1898).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Jay Leno ranks 2. Before him are David Letterman (1947). After him are Oprah Winfrey (1954), Larry King (1933), Henry Rollins (1961), Alex Jones (1974), Anna Moffo (1932), Christine Chubbuck (1944), Ed Sullivan (1901), Chris Wallace (1947), Fred Rogers (1928), and Johnny Carson (1925).

American born Presenters

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