COMEDIAN

Bill Hicks

1961 - 1994

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William Melvin Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994 ) was an American stand-up comedian and satirist. His material—encompassing a wide range of social issues including religion, politics, and philosophy—was controversial and often steeped in dark comedy. At the age of 16, Hicks began performing at the Comedy Workshop in Houston, Texas. During the 1980s, he toured the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Hicks has received more than 5,815,347 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Bill Hicks is the 65th most popular comedian (down from 59th in 2019), the 10,186th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,797th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bill Hicks by language

Over the past year Bill Hicks has had the most page views in the with 394,880 views, followed by Italian (23,944), and Spanish (11,314). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (264.48%), Simple English (122.23%), and Occitan (85.06%)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Bill Hicks ranks 65 out of 98. Before him are B. J. Novak, Sinbad, Amy Sedaris, Dave Chappelle, Fred Armisen, and Jemaine Clement. After him are Bill Burr, Janeane Garofalo, Amy Schumer, Stephen Merchant, Kathy Griffin, and Mindy Kaling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Bill Hicks ranks 436. Before him are Nick Chinlund, Julie White, Peter Larsson, Pierre-Henri Raphanel, Maria do Carmo Silveira, and Frédéric Antonetti. After him are William C. McCool, Jodi Benson, Gintaras Grušas, Sadeq Larijani, Hannelore Kraft, and Daniel Castellani. Among people deceased in 1994, Bill Hicks ranks 323. Before him are Koto Matsudaira, Vilmos Varjú, Lynne Frederick, Aldo Donelli, R. D. Burman, and Ralph Miliband. After him are Rolf Jacobsen, Kristen Pfaff, Irena Krzywicka, Jule Styne, Macdonald Carey, and Valentin Kuzin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Hicks ranks 10,186 out of 20,380. Before him are Abigail Breslin (1996), Adolph Dubs (1920), Betty Garrett (1919), Mary Philbin (1902), Paul Winchell (1922), and Candace Cameron Bure (1976). After him are Bill Holland (1907), Cecil Green (1919), Eddy Arnold (1918), John Ross Bowie (1971), Brian Van Holt (1969), and Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Bill Hicks ranks 53. Before him are Nick Offerman (1970), B. J. Novak (1979), Sinbad (1956), Amy Sedaris (1961), Dave Chappelle (1973), and Fred Armisen (1966). After him are Janeane Garofalo (1964), Amy Schumer (1981), Kathy Griffin (1960), Mindy Kaling (1979), Jeff Dunham (1962), and Wanda Sykes (1964).

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