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Ricky Jay

1946 - 2018

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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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  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MAGICIANS

Among magicians, Ricky Jay ranks 8 out of 11Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ricky Jay ranks 523Before 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 361Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ricky Jay ranks 8,087 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among MAGICIANS In United States

Among magicians born in United States, Ricky Jay ranks 4Before her are David Copperfield (1956), David Blaine (1973), and Criss Angel (1967). After her are Penn Jillette (1955).