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Lewis Black

1948 - Today

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Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion and cultural trends. He hosted the Comedy Central series Lewis Black's Root of All Evil and makes regular appearances on The Daily Show delivering his "Back in Black" commentary segment, which he has been doing since The Daily Show was hosted by Craig Kilborn. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis Black has received more than 4,332,660 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Lewis Black is the 7,292nd most popular actor (up from 7,661st in 2019), the 10,761st most popular biography from United States (up from 11,352nd in 2019) and the 3,366th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lewis Black ranks 7,292 out of 13,578. Before him are Vanessa Ferlito, Alice White, Montagu Love, Demet Akbağ, Adriana Ugarte, and Charlotte Riley. After him are Marley Shelton, Barry Otto, Javier Gutiérrez Álvarez, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Bill Thompson, and Tracy Letts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Lewis Black ranks 642. Before him are Bob Lanier, Len Wein, T Bone Burnett, Lester Bangs, Mildrette Netter, and Susan Bernard. After him are Alf Hansen, Élie Doté, Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Ken Ribet, Patrice Rio, and Robert John "Mutt" Lange.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis Black ranks 10,761 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Andrews (1914), Genevieve Cortese (1981), Richard Bassett (1745), Vanessa Ferlito (1980), Alice White (1904), and Cynthia Ozick (1928). After him are Kevin Williamson (1965), Virgil Jacomini (1899), Marley Shelton (1974), Len Wiseman (1973), Elena Kagan (1960), and Enrique Peñalosa (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lewis Black ranks 3,366. Before him are Susan Bernard (1948), George Murphy (1902), Edward Andrews (1914), Genevieve Cortese (1981), Vanessa Ferlito (1980), and Alice White (1904). After him are Marley Shelton (1974), Bill Thompson (1913), Tracy Letts (1965), May Allison (1890), Barbara Barrie (1931), and Katie Cassidy (1986).

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