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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. His accolades include the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for starring in, writing, and producing the short film The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988) and two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations as a producer of Louie (2010–2015). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steven Wright has received more than 3,095,193 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Steven Wright is the 83rd most popular comedian (down from 82nd in 2019), the 12,914th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,523rd in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Comedian.

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  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Steven Wright ranks 83 out of 91Before him are Tim Meadows, Kristen Schaal, Dolphy, Margaret Cho, Joy Behar, and Nick Kroll. After him are Sam Kinison, Gabriel Iglesias, Khaby Lame, Chris O'Dowd, Gallagher, and Dane Cook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Steven Wright ranks 554Before him are Anthony Dod Mantle, Roland Brückner, Rick Mitchell, Christopher Lawford, Carol Ann Duffy, and Mike Parson. After him are Gernot Jurtin, Patrizio Sala, Mary Black, Donald Pettit, Polly Draper, and Rosario Fernández.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steven Wright ranks 12,914 out of 18,182Before him are Don Edmunds (1930), Hoot Gibson (1892), Max Holloway (1991), Blanchard Ryan (1967), Kevin Eastman (1962), and Michelle Lujan Grisham (1959). After him are Gabby Giffords (1970), Michael L. Gernhardt (1956), Eugenie Scott (1945), Kurt Warner (1971), Tommy Thompson (1941), and Wallace Roney (1960).

Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Steven Wright ranks 69Before him are Andrew Dice Clay (1957), Tim Meadows (1961), Kristen Schaal (1978), Margaret Cho (1968), Joy Behar (1942), and Nick Kroll (1978). After him are Sam Kinison (1953), Gabriel Iglesias (1976), Gallagher (1946), Dane Cook (1972), Aziz Ansari (1983), and Bo Burnham (1990).

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