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Adam Sandler

1966 - Today

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Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor and comedian. Primarily a comedic leading actor in films, his accolades include nominations for three Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam Sandler has received more than 42,733,668 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Adam Sandler is the 2nd most popular comedian (up from 4th in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from United States (up from 786th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Comedian.

Adam Sandler is most famous for his comedic roles in movies such as Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and The Waterboy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 43M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Adam Sandler ranks 2 out of 98. Before him are Robin Williams. After him are Eddie Murphy, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, Ellen DeGeneres, George Carlin, Dick Van Dyke, Chevy Chase, Ricky Gervais, and Simon Pegg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Adam Sandler ranks 1. After him are Mike Tyson, Jimmy Wales, Romário, Sophie Marceau, George Weah, Salma Hayek, Roman Abramovich, Hristo Stoichkov, Grigori Perelman, Helena Bonham Carter, and Eric Cantona.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adam Sandler ranks 220 out of 20,380. Before him are John Quincy Adams (1767), Robert Andrews Millikan (1868), Quentin Tarantino (1963), Barry White (1944), Rocky Marciano (1923), and Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866). After him are Priscilla Presley (1945), Humphrey Bogart (1899), Talcott Parsons (1902), David Rockefeller (1915), Josephine Baker (1906), and Tim Burton (1958).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Adam Sandler ranks 2. Before him are Robin Williams (1951). After him are Eddie Murphy (1961), Whoopi Goldberg (1955), Bill Cosby (1937), Steve Martin (1945), Ellen DeGeneres (1958), George Carlin (1937), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Chevy Chase (1943), Bob Newhart (1929), and Joan Rivers (1933).

American born Comedians

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