Comedian

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian

1951 - 2014

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His biography is available in 133 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 131 in 2024). Robin Williams is the most popular comedian, the 89th most popular biography from United States (down from 80th in 2019) and the most popular American Comedian.

Robin Williams is most famous for his roles in the television show Mork and Mindy, the films Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, and Good Morning Vietnam.

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Robin Williams is the top-ranked of all 98 Comedians in Pantheon worldwide.

#1

Of the 775 people in Pantheon born in 1951, Robin Williams is the most memorable.

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Robin Williams's biography appears in 133 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 99% of all Comedians.

Jul 21

Robin Williams shares a July 21 birthday with Ernest Hemingway, Pope Sixtus IV, and Cat Stevens.

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Among Comedians

Among comedians, Robin Williams ranks 1 out of 98. After him are Nasreddin, Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Murphy, Dick Van Dyke, Bill Cosby, Adam Sandler, Tina Fey, Steve Martin, Kevin Hart, George Carlin, and Ellen DeGeneres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Robin Williams ranks 1. After him are Shehbaz Sharif, Mohamed Morsi, Sting, Phil Collins, Claudio Ranieri, Ilona Staller, Louis van Gaal, Chesley Sullenberger, Anatoly Karpov, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and Santiago Calatrava. Among people deceased in 2014, Robin Williams ranks 3. Before him are Gabriel García Márquez, and Alfredo Di Stéfano. After him are Eusébio, Ariel Sharon, Eduard Shevardnadze, Hiroo Onoda, Gough Whitlam, Claudio Abbado, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Nadine Gordimer, and Eli Wallach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robin Williams ranks 89 out of 20,380. Before him are Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Helen Keller (1880), B.B. King (1925), Brigham Young (1801), Jack London (1876), and Stanley Kubrick (1928). After him are John Glenn (1921), Al Capone (1899), Stephen King (1947), Caitlyn Jenner (1949), John D. Rockefeller (1839), and Gene Hackman (1930).

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Among Comedians In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Robin Williams ranks 1. After him are Whoopi Goldberg (1955), Eddie Murphy (1961), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Bill Cosby (1937), Adam Sandler (1966), Tina Fey (1970), Steve Martin (1945), Kevin Hart (1979), George Carlin (1937), Ellen DeGeneres (1958), and David Cross (1964).

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