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Bob Hope

1903 - 2003

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Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, centenarian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. He appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, starring in 54. These included a series of seven Road to ... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Hope has received more than 9,127,184 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Bob Hope is the 13th most popular comedian (up from 14th in 2019), the 1,071st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,032nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bob Hopes by language

Over the past year Bob Hope has had the most page views in the with 957,791 views, followed by German (50,851), and Spanish (32,843). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (343.46%), Simple English (112.39%), and Arabic (98.02%)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Bob Hope ranks 13 out of 98. Before him are Ellen DeGeneres, George Carlin, Dick Van Dyke, Chevy Chase, Ricky Gervais, and Simon Pegg. After him are Bob Newhart, Joan Rivers, Andy Kaufman, Lucille Ball, Bob Saget, and Bob Odenkirk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Bob Hope ranks 78. Before him are Waldemar Hoven, Kim Chaek, Maria Reiche, Johannes Heesters, Henry Corbin, and Werner Best. After him are Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, Charlotte Perriand, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Heinz Reinefarth, Werner Ostendorff, and Evelyn Waugh. Among people deceased in 2003, Bob Hope ranks 62. Before him are Valentin Pavlov, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Michael P. Anderson, Georg Henrik von Wright, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, and Uday Hussein. After him are László Papp, June Carter Cash, Elem Klimov, John Schlesinger, Ilan Ramon, and Vasil Bykaŭ.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bob Hope ranks 1,071 out of 8,785. Before him are David Hamilton (1933), Cozy Powell (1947), Nicko McBrain (1952), Dave Gahan (1962), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), and W. O. Bentley (1888). After him are Ian Wilmut (1944), Mungo Park (1771), Edmund Leighton (1852), William Henry Perkin (1838), Jane Hawking (1944), and Chris Patten (1944).

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Among COMEDIANS In United Kingdom

Among comedians born in United Kingdom, Bob Hope ranks 3. Before him are Ricky Gervais (1961), and Simon Pegg (1970). After him are Steve Coogan (1965), Tracey Ullman (1959), and Stephen Merchant (1974).

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