COMEDIAN

Andy Kaufman

1949 - 1984

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Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman ( KOWF-mən; January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was an American entertainer and performance artist. He has sometimes been called an "anti-comedian". He disdained telling jokes and engaging in comedy as it was traditionally understood, once saying in an interview, "I am not a comic, I have never told a joke. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andy Kaufman has received more than 13,570,532 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Andy Kaufman is the 16th most popular comedian (up from 20th in 2019), the 1,864th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,158th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Andy Kaufman ranks 16 out of 98. Before him are Chevy Chase, Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg, Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, and Joan Rivers. After him are Lucille Ball, Bob Saget, Bob Odenkirk, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, and Henry Winkler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Andy Kaufman ranks 107. Before him are Valentina Matviyenko, Gregg Popovich, Patrick Tambay, Carlos Bianchi, Hamida Djandoubi, and Leopoldo Luque. After him are Ranil Wickremesinghe, Fernando Collor de Mello, Victor Garber, Brad Davis, Brigitte Bierlein, and Kgalema Motlanthe. Among people deceased in 1984, Andy Kaufman ranks 57. Before him are Chaïm Perelman, George Gaylord Simpson, Branko Ćopić, Hans Speidel, Rodrigo Lara, and Count Basie. After him are Marcel Janco, Souvanna Phouma, Mark W. Clark, Raoul Salan, Janet Gaynor, and He Zizhen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andy Kaufman ranks 1,864 out of 20,380. Before him are Dave Bautista (1969), Johnny Ramone (1948), Kathryn Joosten (1939), Chris Evert (1954), Fred Durst (1970), and Arthur Danto (1924). After him are Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), Sam Houston (1793), Karen Carpenter (1950), Stacy Keach (1941), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), and Megan Fox (1986).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Andy Kaufman ranks 13. Before him are Ellen DeGeneres (1958), George Carlin (1937), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Chevy Chase (1943), Bob Newhart (1929), and Joan Rivers (1933). After him are Lucille Ball (1911), Bob Saget (1956), Bob Odenkirk (1962), Richard Pryor (1940), Chris Rock (1965), and Henry Winkler (1945).

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