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Steven Wright

1955 - Today

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Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer. He is known for his distinctive lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations. Wright was ranked as the 15th Greatest Comedian by Rolling Stone in its 2017 list of the 50 Greatest Stand-up Comics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steven Wright has received more than 3,402,317 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Steven Wright is the 82nd most popular comedian (down from 81st in 2019), the 13,876th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,884th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Steven Wright ranks 82 out of 98. Before him are Dax Shepard, Sam Kinison, Tim Meadows, Kristen Schaal, Margaret Cho, and Joy Behar. After him are Gabriel Iglesias, Nick Swardson, Nick Kroll, Dane Cook, Chris O'Dowd, and Kenan Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Steven Wright ranks 650. Before him are David Axelrod, Steve Coppell, Gernot Jurtin, Adam Curtis, Jacques N'Guea, and Carol Ann Duffy. After him are Ann Bancroft, Rosario Fernández, Roberto Rojas, Boris Alexandrov, Nikolay Solodukhin, and Jack Sikma.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steven Wright ranks 13,876 out of 20,380. Before him are Dick Foran (1910), Joseph Bernardin (1928), Mitch Daniels (1949), Bill Davis (2000), John Carney (1956), and Inspectah Deck (1970). After him are Wally Hickel (1919), Ann Bancroft (1955), Anne Lockhart (1953), Lane Garrison (1980), Jason Mantzoukas (1972), and Mitchell Baker (1957).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Steven Wright ranks 67. Before him are Dax Shepard (1975), Sam Kinison (1953), Tim Meadows (1961), Kristen Schaal (1978), Margaret Cho (1968), and Joy Behar (1942). After him are Gabriel Iglesias (1976), Nick Swardson (1976), Nick Kroll (1978), Dane Cook (1972), Kenan Thompson (1978), and Aziz Ansari (1983).

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