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Roger Ebert

1942 - 2013

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Roger Joseph Ebert ( EE-bərt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter and author. He was the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing style and critical views informed by values of populism and humanism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Ebert has received more than 9,739,785 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Ebert is the 5th most popular critic, the 1,732nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,726th in 2019) and the most popular American Critic.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 84

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CRITICS

Among critics, Roger Ebert ranks 5 out of 9. Before him are John Ruskin, Vladimir Propp, Vissarion Belinsky, and Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve. After him are Rosalind E. Krauss, Susanna Amatuni, Vincent Canby, and Todd McCarthy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Roger Ebert ranks 128. Before him are António Lobo Antunes, Felice Gimondi, Sixto Rodriguez, Frank Zane, Ivo Viktor, and Fred Ward. After him are Mitch McConnell, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Evaristo Carvalho, Geneviève Bujold, Robert H. Grubbs, and Muslim Magomayev. Among people deceased in 2013, Roger Ebert ranks 70. Before him are Sara Montiel, Pedro Rocha, Joe Weider, Kenneth G. Wilson, Patrice Chéreau, and David H. Hubel. After him are Conrad Bain, Wojciech Kilar, Damiano Damiani, Bigas Luna, Seamus Heaney, and Kenneth Waltz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Ebert ranks 1,732 out of 20,380. Before him are Chief Seattle (1786), Lance Armstrong (1971), Edward Snowden (1983), Mark Felt (1913), Dean Stockwell (1936), and John Densmore (1944). After him are Jeffrey C. Hall (1945), Saul Kripke (1940), Alan Greenspan (1926), Mitch McConnell (1942), Hiram Bingham III (1875), and Joe Satriani (1956).

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Among CRITICS In United States

Among critics born in United States, Roger Ebert ranks 1. After him are Rosalind E. Krauss (1941), Vincent Canby (1924), and Todd McCarthy (1950).

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