1950 - Today
James Douglas Muir Leno (; born April 28, 1950) is an American television host and comedian. 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 9,096,549 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. Jay Leno is the most popular presenter, the 373rd most popular biography from United States (down from 276th in 2019) and the most popular American Presenter.
Jay Leno is most famous for hosting the Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 1992 to 2009.
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among presenters, Jay Leno ranks 1 out of 110. After him are Oprah Winfrey, David Attenborough, Steve Irwin, Larry King, Hebe Camargo, Henry Rollins, Alex Jones, Bear Grylls, Fred Rogers, David Letterman, and Anna Moffo.
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 1
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 2
1926 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 3
1962 - 2006
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 4
1933 - 2021
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 5
1929 - 2012
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 6
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 7
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 8
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 9
1928 - 2003
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 11
1932 - 2006
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1950, Jay Leno ranks 9. Before him are Sergey Lavrov, Agnetha Fältskog, Zaha Hadid, Steve Wozniak, Bill Murray, and Abdullah Gül. After him are Stevie Wonder, Vicente del Bosque, Anne, Princess Royal, Goran Bregović, Richard Branson, and Robbie Coltrane.
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 3
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 4
1950 - 2016
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 5
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 6
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 7
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 8
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 10
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 11
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 12
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 13
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 14
1950 - 2022
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 15
Among people born in United States, Jay Leno ranks 373 out of 18,182. Before him are Calvin Klein (1942), J. P. Morgan (1837), Paulette Goddard (1910), Faye Dunaway (1941), Rock Hudson (1925), and Charles Francis Richter (1900). After him are Jennifer Lopez (1969), George Herbert Mead (1863), Dan Brown (1964), Zachary Taylor (1784), Kurt Cobain (1967), and Dian Fossey (1932).
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 367
1837 - 1913
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 368
1910 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 369
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 370
1925 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 371
1900 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 372
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 373
1969 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 374
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 375
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 376
1784 - 1850
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 377
1967 - 1994
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 378
1932 - 1985
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 379
Among presenters born in United States, Jay Leno ranks 1. After him are Oprah Winfrey (1954), Larry King (1933), Henry Rollins (1961), Alex Jones (1974), Fred Rogers (1928), David Letterman (1947), Anna Moffo (1932), Ed Sullivan (1901), Christine Chubbuck (1944), Johnny Carson (1925), and Walter Cronkite (1916).
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 1
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 2
1933 - 2021
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 3
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 4
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 5
1928 - 2003
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 6
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 7
1932 - 2006
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 8
1901 - 1974
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 9
1944 - 1974
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 10
1925 - 2005
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 11
1916 - 2009
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 12