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Lenny Bruce

1925 - 1966

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Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-wheeling, and critical style of comedy that combined satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon in 2003. Bruce forged new paths in comedy and counterculture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lenny Bruce is the 38th most popular comedian (down from 32nd in 2019), the 4,527th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,892nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Comedian.

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Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Lenny Bruce ranks 38 out of 98. Before him are Steven Wright, Mary Tyler Moore, Zach Galifianakis, Ronald Golias, Jackie Gleason, and Ken Shimura. After him are Bernie Mac, Tim Meadows, Albert Brooks, Jonathan Winters, Eddie Izzard, and Garry Shandling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Lenny Bruce ranks 217. Before him are Matías González, Elmore Leonard, Italo De Zan, Gazi Yaşargil, Elisabeth Domitien, and Evelyn Berezin. After him are Edward Gorey, Bobbejaan Schoepen, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Czesław Kiszczak, Cathy Berberian, and Robert Jonquet. Among people deceased in 1966, Lenny Bruce ranks 112. Before him are Otto von Knobelsdorff, Fritz Bleyl, Guillermo Gorostiza, J. F. C. Fuller, Reino Ragnar Lehto, and Felix von Luckner. After him are Agostinho Fortes Filho, Natacha Rambova, Julie Manet, Vicente Rojo Lluch, Joe Spence, and Erich Pommer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lenny Bruce ranks 4,527 out of 20,380. Before him are Kyra Sedgwick (1965), Leo Penn (1921), Morgan Robertson (1861), Michael H. Hart (1932), Doug Russell (1946), and Paul Romer (1955). After him are Rensis Likert (1903), Andrea Dworkin (1946), Jason Alexander (1959), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), Seymour Cassel (1935), and Broncho Billy Anderson (1880).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Lenny Bruce ranks 33. Before him are Andy Kaufman (1949), Melissa McCarthy (1970), Steven Wright (1955), Mary Tyler Moore (1936), Zach Galifianakis (1969), and Jackie Gleason (1916). After him are Bernie Mac (1957), Tim Meadows (1961), Albert Brooks (1947), Jonathan Winters (1925), Garry Shandling (1949), and Louis C.K. (1967).

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