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Carter Bays

1975 - Today

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Carter Loard Bays (born August 12, 1975) is an American author, composer and television showrunner. Bays co-created the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother where he served as showrunner, writer and executive producer for all nine seasons. Bays wrote the novel, The Mutual Friend (2022, Dutton Books). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carter Bays is the 7,159th most popular writer (down from 7,065th in 2019), the 17,421st most popular biography from United States (down from 16,171st in 2019) and the 1,157th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carter Bays ranks 7,159 out of 7,302. Before him are Marlon James, Owen Gleiberman, Marissa Meyer, Kate Grenville, James Vanderbilt, and Simon Kuper. After him are Elizabeth Edwards, Mary Roach, Mike Reiss, Sophie Dahl, Judith Wright, and Edward Kitsis.

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Among people born in 1975, Carter Bays ranks 883. Before him are Franck Jurietti, Nick Hague, Brian J. White, Elpídio Silva, James Vanderbilt, and Natallia Tsylinskaya. After him are Jamie Hector, Jadakiss, James Beckford, Petr Čajánek, Tomas Masiulis, and Anabel Conde.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carter Bays ranks 17,428 out of 20,380. Before him are Pat McCrory (1956), Tyler Farrar (1984), Stephanie Brown Trafton (1979), Adrián González (1982), James Vanderbilt (1975), and Nora Zehetner (1981). After him are Darren Barnet (1991), Jamie Hector (1975), Mo Brooks (1954), Jadakiss (1975), Rob Barrett (1969), and Sam Bankman-Fried (1992).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Carter Bays ranks 1,157. Before him are Chris Savino (1962), Tom Bergeron (1955), Kristin Cashore (1976), Vince Flynn (1966), Marissa Meyer (1984), and James Vanderbilt (1975). After him are Elizabeth Edwards (1949), Mary Roach (1959), Mike Reiss (1959), Edward Kitsis (1971), Adam Johnson (1967), and Scott Lynch (1978).

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