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Henry Jenkins

1958 - Today

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Henry Guy Jenkins III (born June 4, 1958) is an American media scholar and Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts, a joint professorship at the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He also has a joint faculty appointment with the USC Rossier School of Education. Previously, Jenkins was the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities as well as co-founder and co-director (with William Uricchio) of the Comparative Media Studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has also served on the technical advisory board at ZeniMax Media, parent company of video game publisher Bethesda Softworks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Henry Jenkins is the 6,027th most popular writer (up from 6,161st in 2024), the 10,323rd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,484th in 2019) and the 753rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Henry Jenkins ranks 6,027 out of 7,302. Before him are Luisa Valenzuela, Svetlana Makarovič, Tara Westover, Edmund Gosse, Tom Brokaw, and José Manuel Caballero. After him are Charles Brackett, Christoph Ransmayr, Tim O'Brien, Eva Ström, Sándor Bródy, and Vladimir Tendryakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Henry Jenkins ranks 421. Before him are Robert Kagan, Megan Mullally, John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Eric Douglas, Raul Khajimba, and Terry Butcher. After him are Eshaq Jahangiri, Stojan Župljanin, Tsetska Tsacheva, Aleksandr Baluev, Vadym Yevtushenko, and Frank Schaffer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Jenkins ranks 10,325 out of 20,380. Before him are Patrick Warburton (1964), Dan Fogler (1976), Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927), Stephanie Hsu (1990), Tyler Reks (1978), and Dyanna Lauren (1965). After him are George Ryan (1934), Earl Monroe (1944), Mavis Staples (1939), Charles Brackett (1892), Robin Givens (1964), and Richard Rush (1780).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Henry Jenkins ranks 753. Before him are Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850), Carol Shields (1935), Marilyn Ferguson (1938), Steven Saylor (1956), Tara Westover (1986), and Tom Brokaw (1940). After him are Charles Brackett (1892), Tim O'Brien (1946), Amy Tan (1952), Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), Nicholas Meyer (1945), and Lin Carter (1930).

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