WRITER

Norman Lear

1922 - 2023

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Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was an American screenwriter and producer who produced, wrote, created, or developed over 100 shows. Lear created and produced numerous popular 1970s sitcoms, including All in the Family (1971–1979), Maude (1972–1978), Sanford and Son (1972–1977), One Day at a Time (1975–1984), The Jeffersons (1975–1985), and Good Times (1974–1979). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Lear has received more than 6,966,175 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Norman Lear is the 4,401st most popular writer (up from 6,054th in 2019), the 5,867th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,606th in 2019) and the 473rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Norman Lear ranks 4,401 out of 7,302. Before him are Mario Rigoni Stern, Roderich Menzel, Charles Brockden Brown, Richard Steele, Graham Swift, and Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. After him are Vladimir Dudintsev, David Baldacci, Yuri Bondarev, Paul Bekker, Radclyffe Hall, and Géza Csáth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Norman Lear ranks 270. Before him are Hal Moore, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Gordon Tullock, William Gaddis, Ruby Dee, and Károly Németh. After him are Lizabeth Scott, Leonel Brizola, Pio Laghi, Stellan Nilsson, Ann-Britt Leyman, and Lorenzo Antonetti. Among people deceased in 2023, Norman Lear ranks 386. Before him are Marianne Werner, Marcel Amont, Shozo Sasahara, Jenő Jandó, Tapley Seaton, and Günther Herrmann. After him are Francesco Maselli, Herschel Savage, Gérard Latortue, Ganira Pashayeva, François Bracci, and Jorge Edwards.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Lear ranks 5,867 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Tobey (1890), Benjamin Orr (1947), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), and Butler Lampson (1943). After him are George Ritzer (1940), Tay Garnett (1894), David Baldacci (1960), Usher (1978), Lawrence Roberts (1937), and Sandy Koufax (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Norman Lear ranks 473. Before him are Larry Collins (1929), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), William Gaddis (1922), William Wharton (1925), Arthur Golden (1956), and Charles Brockden Brown (1771). After him are David Baldacci (1960), Anna Katharine Green (1846), Greg Bear (1951), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), Brian Herbert (1947), and Helen Thomas (1920).

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