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Jay Leno

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James Douglas Muir Leno ( LEN-oh; born April 28, 1950) is an American television host, comedian, and writer. After doing stand-up comedy for years, Leno was chosen in 1992 to replace Johnny Carson as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show; Leno hosted The Tonight Show until September 2009 when Conan O'Brien took over as host and Leno started a primetime talk show, The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ET, also on NBC. O'Brien turned down NBC's offer to have Leno host a half hour monologue show before The Tonight Show to boost ratings amid reported viewership diminishing, which sparked the 2010 Tonight Show conflict that resulted in Leno's returning to hosting the show on March 1, 2010. He hosted his last episode of his second tenure on February 6, 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jay Leno is the most popular presenter (up from 2nd in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from United States (down from 249th in 2019) and the most popular American Presenter.

Jay Leno is most famous for hosting the Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 1992 to 2009.

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Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Jay Leno ranks 1 out of 143. After him are Oprah Winfrey, Hebe Camargo, David Attenborough, Steve Irwin, Terry Wogan, Larry King, Henry Rollins, Alex Jones, Jimmy Savile, Wendy Williams, and David Letterman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Jay Leno ranks 10. Before him are Zaha Hadid, Agnetha Fältskog, Georg Bednorz, Sergey Lavrov, Abdullah Gül, and Tom Petty. After him are Vicente del Bosque, Sahle-Work Zewde, Stevie Wonder, Jim Mattis, Goran Bregović, and Steve Wozniak.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jay Leno ranks 348 out of 20,380. Before him are John Cage (1912), Tom Petty (1950), Zachary Taylor (1784), John Howard Northrop (1891), Clinton Davisson (1881), and Golden State Killer (1945). After him are Allen Dulles (1893), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Ernest Lawrence (1901), Maria Branyas (1907), Leonard Bernstein (1918), and Quentin Tarantino (1963).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Jay Leno ranks 1. After him are Oprah Winfrey (1954), Larry King (1933), Henry Rollins (1961), Alex Jones (1974), Wendy Williams (1964), David Letterman (1947), Anna Moffo (1932), Chris Wallace (1947), Ed Sullivan (1901), Johnny Carson (1925), and Fred Rogers (1928).

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