1946 - 2018
Richard Jay Potash (June 26, 1946 – November 24, 2018) was an American stage magician, actor and writer. In a 1993 profile for The New Yorker, Mark Singer called Jay "perhaps the most gifted sleight of hand artist alive". In addition to sleight of hand, he was known for his card tricks, card throwing, memory feats, and stage patter. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricky Jay has received more than 1,492,531 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ricky Jay is the 8th most popular magician, the 8,087th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,767th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Magician.
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Among magicians, Ricky Jay ranks 8 out of 11. Before her are David Copperfield, Uri Geller, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, James Randi, David Blaine, and Criss Angel. After her are Dynamo, Derren Brown, and Penn Jillette.
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 3
1805 - 1871
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 4
1928 - 2020
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 5
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 6
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 7
1946 - 2018
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 9
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.36
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 33.52
Rank: 11
Among people born in 1946, Ricky Jay ranks 523. Before her are Noddy Holder, Rudy Rucker, Viivi Luik, Robin Cook, Hiroshi Ochiai, and Blair Brown. After her are Erich Beer, Héctor Veira, Alberto Colombo, Klaus Wolfermann, María Teresa Ruiz, and James C. Adamson. Among people deceased in 2018, Ricky Jay ranks 361. Before her are Muhibbe Darga, Shinobu Sekine, Didier Lockwood, Richard DeVos, Elizabeth Hawley, and Benny Andersen. After her are Diana Der Hovanessian, Roy Bentley, Michel Bonnevie, Mateja Matevski, E. C. George Sudarshan, and Branislav Pokrajac.
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 517
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 518
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 519
1946 - 2005
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 520
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 521
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 522
1946 - 2018
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 523
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 524
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 525
1946 - 2024
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 526
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 527
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 528
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 529
1921 - 2018
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 355
1943 - 2018
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 356
1956 - 2018
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 357
1926 - 2018
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 358
1923 - 2018
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 359
1929 - 2018
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 360
1946 - 2018
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 361
1934 - 2018
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 362
1924 - 2018
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 363
1921 - 2018
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 364
1929 - 2018
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 365
1931 - 2018
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 366
1947 - 2018
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 367
Among people born in United States, Ricky Jay ranks 8,087 out of 18,182. Before her are Tim LaHaye (1926), Bootsy Collins (1951), David Frankel (1959), Janet Hubert (1956), Clyde Cowan (1919), and Blair Brown (1946). After her are Amy Tan (1952), Elaine Stritch (1925), Haskell Wexler (1922), Frank Benford (1883), Billy Corgan (1967), and Whitney Smith (1940).
1926 - 2016
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 8,081
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 8,082
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 8,083
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8,084
1919 - 1974
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8,085
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8,086
1946 - 2018
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8,087
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8,088
1925 - 2014
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8,089
1922 - 2015
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8,090
1883 - 1948
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8,091
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8,092
1940 - 2016
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 8,093
Among magicians born in United States, Ricky Jay ranks 4. Before her are David Copperfield (1956), David Blaine (1973), and Criss Angel (1967). After her are Penn Jillette (1955).
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 1
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 2
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 3
1946 - 2018
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 4
1955 - Present
HPI: 33.52
Rank: 5