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James May

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James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a co-presenter, alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, of the motoring programme Top Gear from 2003 until 2015 and the television series The Grand Tour for Amazon Prime Video from 2016 to 2024. He also served as a director of the production company W. Chump & Sons. May has presented other programmes on themes including travel, science & technology, toys, wine culture, and the plight of manliness in modern times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James May is the 882nd most popular writer (up from 921st in 2019), the 822nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 697th in 2019) and the 85th most popular British Writer.

James May is a British TV presenter, journalist, and writer. He is best known for co-presenting the BBC Two motoring show Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond from 2003 until 2015.

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Among writers, James May ranks 882 out of 7,302. Before him are Miep Gies, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Jerzy Kosiński, Laura de Noves, Danilo Kiš, and Varlam Shalamov. After him are Shoko Asahara, Appius Claudius Caecus, Aron Nimzowitsch, Robert E. Howard, Ian McEwan, and Marie Mancini.

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Among people born in 1963, James May ranks 28. Before him are Marla Maples, Tori Amos, Donnie Yen, John Barnes, Phoebe Cates, and James Hetfield. After him are Fatboy Slim, Ming-Na Wen, Rafael Correa, Rumen Radev, Jensen Huang, and Jean-Pierre Papin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James May ranks 822 out of 8,785. Before him are Douglas Adams (1952), Thomas Wolsey (1473), Thomas Cranmer (1489), Annie Besant (1847), Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862), and Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921). After him are Fatboy Slim (1963), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), Hertha Ayrton (1854), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Asma al-Assad (1975), and Alice Liddell (1852).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, James May ranks 85. Before him are Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), John Bunyan (1628), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Julian Barnes (1946), and Douglas Adams (1952). After him are Ian McEwan (1948), Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), Eleanor Marx (1855), Wilkie Collins (1824), Samuel Richardson (1689), and H. Rider Haggard (1856).

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