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Vincent Canby

1924 - 2000

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Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who was the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vincent Canby has received more than 433,718 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Vincent Canby is the 8th most popular critic (down from 6th in 2019), the 13,291st most popular biography from United States (down from 12,876th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Critic.

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  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CRITICS

Among critics, Vincent Canby ranks 8 out of 9. Before him are Vladimir Propp, Vissarion Belinsky, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Roger Ebert, Rosalind E. Krauss, and Susanna Amatuni. After him are Todd McCarthy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Vincent Canby ranks 499. Before him are Margaret Whiting, Ken Green, Joseph Campanella, Norvel Lee, Frank Lautenberg, and Earl Palmer. After him are Vicki Draves, Dolores Gray, Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Laurie Hughes, Ella Mae Morse, and Sarah Caldwell. Among people deceased in 2000, Vincent Canby ranks 365. Before him are Joan Marsh, A. H. Albut, Tex Beneke, Robert R. Gilruth, Frances Drake, and Gail Fisher. After him are Marguerite Churchill, George Armstrong, David Dukes, Rosemarie Frankland, James Grogan, and Jerome Richardson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vincent Canby ranks 13,291 out of 20,380. Before him are Ruth Buzzi (1936), Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (1922), Meredith Colket (1878), Polly Ann Young (1908), Michael Fincke (1967), and Walter Mosley (1952). After him are John Tooby (1952), Harry Solter (1873), Steve Antin (1958), Tony Alva (1957), Donald Henderson (1928), and Marj Dusay (1936).

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Among CRITICS In United States

Among critics born in United States, Vincent Canby ranks 3. Before him are Roger Ebert (1942), and Rosalind E. Krauss (1941). After him are Todd McCarthy (1950).

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