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Fran Lebowitz

1950 - Today

Fran Lebowitz

Frances Ann Lebowitz (; born October 27, 1950) is an American author, public speaker, and actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities and her association with many prominent figures of the New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s, including Andy Warhol, Martin Scorsese, Jerome Robbins, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz, Candy Darling, and the New York Dolls. Lebowitz gained fame for her books Metropolitan Life (1978) and Social Studies (1981), which were combined into The Fran Lebowitz Reader in 1994. She has been the subject of two projects directed by Martin Scorsese, the HBO documentary film Public Speaking (2010), and the Netflix docu-series Pretend It's a City (2021). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fran Lebowitz is the 5,433rd most popular writer (down from 5,229th in 2019), the 8,543rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,563rd in 2019) and the 632nd most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fran Lebowitz ranks 5,433 out of 7,302. Before her are Eve Ensler, Aldo Palazzeschi, Jan Twardowski, Mihkel Veske, John Holt, and Robert Coover. After her are Lev Mei, Carine Roitfeld, Ingrid Noll, Álvares de Azevedo, Lucius Shepard, and Zośka Vieras.

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Eve Ensler
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 5,427
Aldo Palazzeschi
1885 - 1974
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 5,428
Jan Twardowski
1915 - 2006
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 5,429
Mihkel Veske
1843 - 1890
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 5,430
John Holt
1923 - 1985
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 5,431
Robert Coover
1932 - 2024
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 5,432
Fran Lebowitz
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 5,433
Lev Mei
1822 - 1862
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 5,434
Carine Roitfeld
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 5,435
Ingrid Noll
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 5,436
Álvares de Azevedo
1831 - 1852
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 5,437
Lucius Shepard
1943 - 2014
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 5,438
Zośka Vieras
1892 - 1991
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 5,439

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Fran Lebowitz ranks 464. Before her are Karmenu Vella, Ilinka Mitreva, Shahid Khan, Martin McGuinness, Siegbert Horn, and Ron Woodroof. After her are Erich Kühnhackl, Debra Hill, Jhala Nath Khanal, Gianfranco Brancatelli, Loyola de Palacio, and Lee Tamahori.

Others Born in 1950

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Karmenu Vella
POLITICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 458
Ilinka Mitreva
POLITICIAN
1950 - 2022
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 459
Shahid Khan
BUSINESSPERSON
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 460
Martin McGuinness
POLITICIAN
1950 - 2017
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 461
Siegbert Horn
ATHLETE
1950 - 2016
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 462
Ron Woodroof
BUSINESSPERSON
1950 - 1992
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 463
Fran Lebowitz
WRITER
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 464
Erich Kühnhackl
HOCKEY PLAYER
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 465
Debra Hill
PRODUCER
1950 - 2005
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 466
Jhala Nath Khanal
POLITICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 467
Gianfranco Brancatelli
RACING DRIVER
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 468
Loyola de Palacio
POLITICIAN
1950 - 2006
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 469
Lee Tamahori
FILM DIRECTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 470