ACTOR

Ben Elton

1959 - Today

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Benjamin Charles Elton is a British comedian, actor, author, playwright, lyricist and director. He was a part of London's alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and became a writer on the sitcoms The Young Ones and Blackadder, as well as continuing as a stand-up comedian on stage and television. His style in the 1980s was left-wing political satire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Elton has received more than 2,595,272 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Elton is the 10,278th most popular actor (down from 9,561st in 2019), the 6,539th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,983rd in 2019) and the 1,138th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ben Elton ranks 10,278 out of 13,578. Before him are Park Jeong-min, Eric Lange, Cha Ye-ryun, Kaitlyn Dever, Jamie Walters, and Kaitlin Olson. After him are Kelly Overton, Minori Chihara, Paris Jackson, Park Se-young, Sarah Butler, and Mamta Kulkarni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Ben Elton ranks 707. Before him are Dagmar Lurz, Paul Attanasio, Göran Hägglund, Andrew Hoy, Nikolay Chernetskiy, and Ralph Northam. After him are Alain Bondue, Mark Meadows, Pamela C. Rasmussen, Hiroshi Ohashi, Neena Gupta, and Hirokazu Yagi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ben Elton ranks 6,539 out of 8,785. Before him are Tim Minchin (1975), Paul Hunter (1978), Tom Rob Smith (1979), Paul Robinson (1979), Danny Rose (1990), and Stan Anderson (1933). After him are Peter Radford (1939), Freddie Stroma (1987), Samantha Ronson (1977), Joleon Lescott (1982), Charlie Brooker (1971), and Martin Buchan (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ben Elton ranks 1,138. Before him are Tamer Hassan (1968), Linda Bassett (1950), David Gyasi (1980), Jamie Waylett (1989), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (1986), and Tim Minchin (1975). After him are Freddie Stroma (1987), Hamilton Camp (1934), Robbie Kay (1995), Laura Carmichael (1986), Laura Howard (1977), and Jonathan Ross (1960).

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